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9781612050713

"New Jews": Race and American Jewish Identity in 21st-century Film

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  • ISBN13:

    9781612050713

  • ISBN10:

    1612050719

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2012-07-30
  • Publisher: Routledge

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'¬SNew Jews'¬"?'¬is the first comprehensive study of American Jewish identity in Hollywood movies of the new millennium. Despite the argument that we live in a '¬Spost-racial'¬ society with supposedly '¬Snew'¬ Jewish characters emerging on the big screen, this book details how traditional racial stereotypes of American Jews persist in popular films from the first decade of this century. In clear and readable prose, the book offers an innovative and penetrating look at dozens of American Jewish '¬Smeddling matriarchs,'¬ '¬Sneurotic nebbishes,'¬ '¬Spampered princesses,'¬ and '¬Sscheming scumbags'¬ from 21st century film, whether Hollywood blockbusters like Meet the Fockersand Sex and the Cityor indie favorites like Garden Stateand Kissing Jessica Stein. Throughout the book, famous American Jewish characters played by the likes of Jim Carrey, Tom Cruise, Anne Hathaway, Kate Hudson, Scarlett Johansson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Adam Sandler, and Ben Stiller are discussed, with the ultimate conclusion that movies today are marked less by the emergence of '¬Snew Jews'¬ than by the continued '¬ ; but dynamic and transformed -- presence of the same old stereotypes.

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