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.

A propos de l'auteur

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

Résumé

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Hannah Schwadron, Hannah (Assistant Professor of Dance Schwadron
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9780190624194
• ISBN: 978-0-19-062419-4
• Pages: 222
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art > Théâtre, ballet; 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