Weimar Film and Modern Jewish Identity

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 Ger...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ashkenazi, Ofer
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan US 2012, 2012
Series:Studies in European Culture and History
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary: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
Physical Description:250 p online resource
ISBN:9781137010841