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Subject(s)

• Motion picture industry—California—Los Angeles—History—20th century [Browse]
• Jews in the motion picture industry—United States [Browse]
• Antisemitism—United States [Browse]

Series

Cambridge Studies in the history of mass communication. [More in this series]

Summary note

This book examines the role of American Jews in the entertainment industry, from the turn of the century to the outbreak of World War II. Eastern European Jewish immigrants are often credited with building a film industry during the first decade of the twentieth century that they dominated by the 1920s. In this study, Steven Carr reconceptualizes Jewish involvement in Hollywood by examining prevalent attitudes towards Jews among American audiences. Analogous to the Jewish Question of the nineteenth century, which was concerned with the full participation of Jews within public life, the Hollywood Question of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s addressed the Jewish population within mass media. This study reveals the powerful set of assumptions concerning ethnicity and media influence as related to the role of the Jew in the motion picture industry.

Notes

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-335) and index.

Language note

English

Contents

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: What Is the Hollywood Question?; PART 1 The Hollywood Question and American Anti-Semitism, 1880...1929; PART 2 The Hollywood Question for a New America, 1929...1941; PART 3 The Hollywood Question, 1941 and Beyond; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Other title(s)

Hollywood & Anti-Semitism

ISBN

• 1-107-11339-3
• 0-511-15288-4
• 0-511-17370-9
• 0-521-57118-9
• 0-511-05364-9
• 1-280-42917-8
• 0-511-61263-X
• 0-511-32341-7

OCLC

475916087

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