Jews in Popular Science Fiction

Marginalized in the Mainstream
Herausgeber: Frankel, Valerie Estelle

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume analyzes Jewish tropes in popular science fiction including Star Trek, Marvel, and other top franchises. The essays examine representations of Jewish characters and culture in the genre that range from poignant metaphor to banal tokenism.

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Produktdetails

• Jewish Science Fiction and Fantasy
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 637g
• ISBN-13: 9781666901450
• ISBN-10: 1666901458
• Artikelnr.: 64141239

Autorenporträt

Edited by Valerie Estelle Frankel - Contributions by Mara W. Cohen Ioannides; Matthew Diamond; Ari Elias-Bachrach; Valerie Estelle Frankel; Erin Giannini; Arthur S. Harrow; Caleb Horowitz; Sarah Katz; Judy Klass; Ellen Levitt; Miriam Eve Mora; Matthew Nov

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. "Discovery Requires Experimentation": Centering Nazi-Fighting
Ideology Without Judaism in Genre Television
Erin Giannini
Chapter 2. Destroyer, Defender, AI, Lover: The Golem in Speculative Fiction
Prose and Comics
Fraser Sherman
Chapter 3. "The Golem was Built to go to War": The Golem in TV Fiction
Mara W. Cohen Ioannides
Chapter 4. The Origins of Superman: An Unlikely Window into the Jewish
American Experience
Matthew Diamond
Chapter 5. Bats & Mitzvahs: Judaism in Modern Batman Comics
Jonathan Sexton
Chapter 6. Have Onscreen Superheroes Lost their Faith? Considering Marvel,
Magneto, the Arrowverse, and Harley Quinn
Valerie Estelle Frankel
Chapter 7. Making a Jewish Case for Ferengi: Redeeming Star Trek's Worst
Archetypes
Miriam Eve Mora
Chapter 8. Who Brings The Messiah: Klingon Messianism and Anti-messianism
in Star Trek: TNG
Ari Elias-Bachrach
Chapter 9. Across Galaxies: How Science Fiction Echoes the Jewish
Experience Under Colonization
Sarah Katz
Chapter 10. Mandalorian Midrash: Space Jews and Ancient Exegetical Analysis
in Star Wars' The Mandalorian
Caleb Horowitz
Chapter 11. Zombies and Educating Jewish Brains
Rabbi Matthew Nover and Heather Nover
Chapter 12. The Quest for the Kosher Dragon: Who's the Mensch in
Middle-Earth?
Arthur S. Harrow
Chapter 13. Avatar: The Last Airbender and Judaism: Several Curious
Connections
Ellen Levitt
Chapter 14. The Twilight Zone as Jewish Science Fiction
Judy Klass