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Rainbow Jews
Jewish and Gay Identity in the Performing Arts
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2007
Summary
Rainbow Jews deals with the intersection of gay and Jewish identity in American and Israeli film and theater, from the 1960s to the present. Its main area of interest is the extent to which Jewish creative voices in the performing arts have constructed multidimensional images of, and a welcoming public space for, the gay, lesbian, and transgendered community as a whole. Through a close reading of the texts of numerous American and Israeli plays and films (some famous, but mostly lesser known), the author evaluates some of the key conventions and tropes that have been employed to construct, critique, and reflect the social reality of the connection between Jewishness and gay identity in the United States and Israel. Secondarily, the author explores ways in which gay-Jewish playwrights and filmmakers have assisted the re-evaluation of sexual norms within Judaism over the past three decades, inspiring and reinforcing measures across the spectrum of belief geared towards integrating Jewish members of the GLBT community into the overall Jewish historical narrative.
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Copyright year
2007
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-1447-6
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-5990-3
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
203
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Contents No access
Preface No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 8
Chapter 1 Homophobia and Tolerance in Judaism No access Pages 9 - 30
Chapter 2 Jews, Homosexuality, and the Performing Artsin the United States: Sensibilities and Tensions,1890-1969 No access Pages 31 - 58
Chapter 3 Gay Jewish Voices "Come Out": Plays and Films,1969-1982 No access Pages 59 - 86
Chapter 4 Kaddish: AIDS, Jews, and the Performing Arts No access Pages 87 - 118
Chapter 5 The "Great Work" Continues: Gay Jewish Representations in American Film and Theater,1990 to the Present No access Pages 119 - 144
Chapter 6 A Minority within Several Minorities:Jewish ..Lesbian Films and Plays No access Pages 145 - 160
Chapter 7 Queer in the Holy Land: Gay and LesbianCinema in Israel No access Pages 161 - 182
Conclusion No access Pages 183 - 186
Selected Bibliography No access Pages 187 - 194
Index No access Pages 195 - 202
About the Author No access Pages 203 - 203
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