Tevye's Daughters - No Laughing Matter by Jan Lisa Huttner

Tevye's Daughters - No Laughing Matter by Jan Lisa Huttner

The Crawley sisters of Downton Abbey? The Bennet sisters of Pride & Prejudice? The daughters born to Zelophehad? Why mention any of these women in the same breath as the beloved characters in the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof? Conventional wisdom has it that Fiddler on the Roof is about Tevye, a beleaguered patriarch persecuted by his neighbors and desperately clinging to Tradition. But in this surprising eBook, Jan Lisa Huttner turns the reader's focus away from Tevye and onto his daughters. What is tradition? Who makes the matches? Should people who want to marry each other be allowed to make that choice? These questions are just as important now as they were fifty years ago-in 1964-when Fiddler on the Roof made its original debut on the Broadway stage. Other recent books have discussed the stories of Sholem Aleichem and the canvases of Marc Chagall, the two undisputed sources of Fiddler on the Roof. But for Huttner, the creators of Fiddler on the Roof were also participants in a Great Conversation about women's rights conducted over a span of two thousand years from the original compilation of the Hebrew Bible right up to the present day. Huttner examines the synergies that made Fiddler on the Roof such a phenomenal-and unexpected-success back in 1964. These synergies not only help account for Fiddler on the Roof's extraordinary longevity, but also explain why stage performances of Fiddler on the Roof continue to be so resonant today. Huttner writes in a lively style but her intent is deeply serious. When we skip over, trivialize, or otherwise ignore the female characters in Fiddler on the Roof, we not only denigrate half of the world's population, we also fail to appreciate the full power of a great work of art.

Jan Lisa Huttner is an award-winning author/activist who writes regular columns as well as freelance articles for multiple print and internet outlets. After 35 years in Chicago, Jan now resides in Brooklyn, NY. In 2004, she was asked to coordinate a new AAUW-Illinois project called WITASWAN (wit-uh-swan): Women in the Audience Supporting Women Artists Now! In 2008, these activities lead to the creation of International SWAN Day, now celebrated annually on the last Saturday of every March all around the world. Jan received her B.A. from St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland (the Great Books school), and Masters Degrees in Psychology from Harvard University and the University of Chicago. In addition to her commitment to AAUW (American Association of University Women), professional memberships include NFPW (National Federation of Press Women), NYFCO (New York Film Critics Online), NYWIFT (New York Women in Film & TV), and WFCC (Women Film Critics Circle).

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ISBN 13	9780985096458
ISBN 10	0985096454
Title	Tevye's Daughters - No Laughing Matter
Author	Jan Lisa Huttner
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	My Identifiers
Year published	2018-10-11
Number of pages	124
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.