Case of the Sexy Jewess - Dance, Gender and Jewish Joke-Work in Us Pop Culture

The sexy Jewess moves boldly between neo-burlesque striptease, comedy television, ballet movies, and progressive porn. Bringing sexiness together with race, gender, and class, The Case of the Sexy Jewess looks at embodied joke-work that is most often, but not always meant to be funny.

About the author

Hannah Schwadron is Assistant Professor in the School of Dance at Florida State University

Summary

The sexy Jewess moves boldly between neo-burlesque striptease, comedy television, ballet movies, and progressive porn. Bringing sexiness together with race, gender, and class, The Case of the Sexy Jewess looks at embodied joke-work that is most often, but not always meant to be funny.

Product details

• Authors: Hannah Schwadron, Hannah (Assistant Professor of Dance Schwadron
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9780190624194
• ISBN: 978-0-19-062419-4
• No. of pages: 222
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Tanz, Musik: Stile und Gattungen, Bezug zu Juden und jüdischen Gruppen, Dance, Music, Popular Culture, Performing Arts, Television, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Jewish, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Dance, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / History & Criticism, Films, cinema, Jewish Studies, Judaism, Film, TV & radio, Feminism & feminist theory, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Popular Music, Feminism and feminist theory, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities