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Zusatztext Rebecca Rossen's highly readable Dancing Jewish is a major contribution to both Jewish studies and dance/performance studies. Drawing on a rich mix of archival work, interviews with performers, and the author's personal experience as a dancer and choreographer, the book is a shining example of how performance-centered research can take us places that scholarship could not otherwise reach. Informationen zum Autor Assistant Professor, Department of Theater and Dance, The University of Texas at Austing Klappentext While Jews are commonly referred to as the "people of the book," American Jewish choreographers have consistently turned to dance as a means to articulate personal and collective identities; tangle with stereotypes; advance social and political agendas; and imagine new possibilities for themselves as individuals, artists, and Jews. Dancing Jewish delineates this rich history, demonstrating that Jewish choreographers have not only been vital contributors to American modern and postmodern dance, but that they have also played a critical and unacknowledged role in the history of Jews in the United States. Zusammenfassung Jewish choreographers have not only been vital contributors to American modern and postmodern dance, but they have also played a critical and unacknowledged role in American Jewish culture. This book delineates this rich history, demonstrating how, over the twentieth century, dance enabled American Jews to grapple with identity, difference, cultural belonging, and pride. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Prelude: Make Me a Jewish Dance Act I: Dancing the Jew Chapter 1: The Dancing Jew(ess): Ethnic Ambiguity and Hasidic Drag Chapter 2: Biblical Heroines and Anti-Heroines Chapter 3: The Jewish Man and His Dancing Shtick Entr'acte: Make Me a Jewish Dance Act II: Dancing Jewish Chapter 4: Dancing Folk: Jewish Memory and Amnesia Chapter 5: Dancing Zionism, Embodying Conflict Conclusion: Dancing Jewish, Dancing American Curtain Call: Dance Me My Jewish Dance Bibliography Index ...
