Weimar Film and Modern Jewish Identity
Author | : O. Ashkenazi |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 403 |
Release | : 2012-03-14 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781137010841 |
ISBN-10 | : 1137010843 |
Rating | : 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Weimar Film and Modern Jewish Identity by : O. Ashkenazi
Download or read book Weimar Film and Modern Jewish Identity written by O. Ashkenazi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-03-14 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In reading popular films of the Weimar Republic as candid commentaries on Jewish acculturation, Ofer Ashkenzi provides an alternative context for a re-evaluation of the infamous 'German-Jewish symbiosis' before the rise of Nazism, as well as a new framework for the understanding of the German 'national' film in the years leading to Hitler's regime.