A shanda fur de Yehudim: Jewishness in network sitcom television.
Description:
This thesis is a cultural study of Jewishness in network sitcom television. Sources for the study included: historical film analysis, sociological studies on stereotyping and Jewish culture. The thesis studies how past forms of Jewishness impacted the current depictions of Jewishness on the television sitcom. After an introduction discussing Jewishness in general, the second chapter studies Jewishness in Vaudeville and early Hollywood film. The third chapter studies Jewishness in the first 40 y…
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Date:
August 2004
Creator:
Minnick, Susan L.
Partner:
UNT Libraries