Marline Otte

Jewish Identities in German Popular Entertainment, 1890-1933 (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

At the turn of the century, German popular entertainment was a realm of unprecedented opportunity for Jewish performers. This study explores the terms of their engagement and pays homage to the many ways in which German Jews were instrumental in the birth of an incomparably rich world of popular culture. It traces the kaleidoscope of challenges, opportunities and paradoxes Jewish men and women faced in their interactions with predominantly gentile audiences. Modern Germany was a society riddled by conflicts and contradictory impulses, continuously torn between desires to reject, control and celebrate individual and collective difference. This book demonstrates that an analysis of popular entertainment can be one of the most innovative ways to trace this complicated negotiation throughout a period of great social and political turmoil.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139810425
• Artikelnr.: 52945871

Autorenporträt

Marline Otte is an assistant professor of history at Tulane University. She received her doctorate from the University of Toronto in 1999. She received the Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship and is an active member of the German Studies Association. She specializes in Modern European History focusing on Germany and Cultural History.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. 'Ponim et Circenses': Jewish Identities in Circus Entertainment, 1870-1933: 1. The circus in time and space
2. Family bonds
3. Schein und Sein in the circus
4. Losing common ground
Part II. Comic Relief: Jewish Identities in Jargon Theater from 1890 to the 1920s: 5. Tongue in cheek
6. All in the family
7. A limited engagement
8. The gravity of laughter
Part III. The Loneliness of the Limelight: Jewish Identities in Revue Theater, 1898-1933: 9. The metropol: between culture and Kapital
10. Leading characters
11. Stardom and its discontents
12. The art of pleasing all.