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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 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. 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. 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
