Something Ain't Kosher Here by Vincent Brook
Here, Vincent Brook examines the trend for American sitcoms featuring explicitly, Jewish lead characters from the period 1989 through 2002. He questions why this trend appeared at this particular historical moment and the significance of this phenomenon for Jews and non-Jews alike?
"By offering a savvy and sophisticated history of how television has showcased Jewish characters, Vincent Brook manages to illuminate both the permutations of Jewish status in pop culture and the openness of an inescapable medium to ethnic persistenceAs a result, Something Ain't Kosher Here is a compulsively readable book." -- Stephen Whitfield * Dept. of American Studies, Brandeis University *
"This is rigorous, passionate, readable television criticism." -- David Marc * author of Comic Visions: Television Comedy and American Culture *
This is rigorous, passionate, readable television criticism. -- David Marc * author of Comic Visions: Television Comedy and American Culture *
By offering a savvy and sophisticated history of how television has showcased Jewish characters, Vincent Brook manages to illuminate both the permutations of Jewish status in pop culture and the openness of an inescapable medium to ethnic persistence. As a result, Something AinÆt Kosher Here is a compulsively readable book. -- Stephen Whitfield * Department of American Studies, Brandeis University *
"This is rigorous, passionate, readable television criticism." -- David Marc * author of Comic Visions: Television Comedy and American Culture *
This is rigorous, passionate, readable television criticism. -- David Marc * author of Comic Visions: Television Comedy and American Culture *
By offering a savvy and sophisticated history of how television has showcased Jewish characters, Vincent Brook manages to illuminate both the permutations of Jewish status in pop culture and the openness of an inescapable medium to ethnic persistence. As a result, Something AinÆt Kosher Here is a compulsively readable book. -- Stephen Whitfield * Department of American Studies, Brandeis University *
Vincent Brook is an adjunct professor in film and television at California State University and Pierce College in Los Angeles. He has also worked as a film editor and screenwriter and published a number of articles in noted film journals.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780813532110 |
| ISBN 10 | 0813532116 |
| Title | Something Ain't Kosher Here |
| Author | Vincent Brook |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Rutgers University Press |
| Year published | 2003-04-23 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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