In this Book
- Woody on Rye: Jewishness in the Films and Plays of Woody Allen
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: Brandeis University Press
- Series: Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life
summary
Although Woody Allen’s films have received extensive attention from scholars and critics, no book has focused exclusively on Jewishness in his work, particularly that of the late 1990s and beyond. In this anthology, a distinguished group of contributors—whose work is richly contextualized in the fields of literature, philosophy, film, theater, and comedy—examine the schlemiel, Allen and women, the Jewish take on the “morality of murder,” Allen’s take on Hebrew scripture and Greek tragedy, his stage work, his cinematic treatment of food and dining, and what happens to “Jew York” when Woody takes his films out of New York City. Considered together, these essays delineate the intellectual, artistic, and moral development of one of cinema’s most durable and controversial directors.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. 2-7
- Table of Contents
- pp. vii-viii
- Introduction
- pp. ix-xxxiv
- Overview
- Comparative Analysis
- Schlemiel Theory
- "Woody the Gentile" by Joshua Louis Moss
- pp. 100-121
- Women's Issues
- Woody's Women by Giovanna P. Del Negro
- pp. 143-170
- Reconstructing Woody by Shaina Hammerman
- pp. 171-189
- Cultural Studies
- Digesting Woody by Nathan Abrams
- pp. 215-234
- Schlemiel on Broadway by James Fisher
- pp. 235-258
- Woody Allen: Filmography
- pp. 259-260
- Woody Allen: Play List
- pp. 261-262
- List of Contributors
- pp. 263-266
Additional Information
ISBN
9781611684810
Related ISBN(s)
9781611684797, 9781611684803
MARC Record
OCLC
867137624
Pages
312
Launched on MUSE
2013-12-02
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2013