Translating Silent Cinema - Film History, National Culture, and the Roaring Twenties

This book examines closely the translation, adaptation and reception of three silent films in English, German, and Yiddish to extend beyond textual translation to social, economic, cultural, and historical contexts. It will be of interest to Translation Studies, Film Studies, German Cinema and Jewish Cinema.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1. Der Kaufmann von Venedig
Chapter 2. Das Atle Gesetz
Chapter 3. Ost und West
Epilogue: Die Stadt ohne Juden
Index

About the author

Dror Abend-David is Adjunct Associate Professor with the MS in Translation & Interpreting Program at NYU School of Professional Studies, USA.

Product details

• Authors: or Abend-David, Or (Nyu School of Professional Studie Abend-David
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 04.09.2025
• EAN: 9781041069027
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4106902-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Routledge Advances in Film Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; History, Media Studies, Sociology, Popular Culture, The arts: general issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Films, cinema, Theatre Studies, Literature & literary studies, Jewish Studies, Translation & interpretation, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Performance Art, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Translation and interpretation, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Historical, The arts: general topics