printer friendly pageHISTORY 85B: Jews in the Contemporary World: The American Jewish Present & Past in Popular Culture, Film, & TV (CSRE 85B, JEWISHST 85B, REES 85B)
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HISTORY 85B is 3 units;
HISTORY 185B is 5 units.) Who are American Jews as depicted in popular media-- film, television, etc.-- since the Second World War? How are their religion, politics, mores, and practices represented and what ways, if at all, do such portraits reflect historical trends among Jews and society in general? What can be learned from film or tv about Jewish identity, notions of Jewish power and powerlessness, communal cohesiveness and assimilation, sexuality and the wages of intermarriage or race?
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Zipperstein, S. (PI)
;
Schimmel, A. (TA)
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