| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 281 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction: reconceiving antisemitism in Third Reich film comedy -- Overt and inferential antisemitism in Nazi writings and the film trade press -- Overt antisemitism, Jewish difference, and colonial whiteness in early Third Reich film comedy: Bur nicht weich werden, Susanne! and Die Blume von Hawaii -- Comic ersatz: Viktor und Viktoria and Gluckskinder -- Wenn wir alle Engel waren as the model of a racialized German humor -- Capitalism, colonialism, and the white Jew in April! April! and Donogoo Tonka -- Mistaken identity and the masked Jew in Robert und Bertram -- Jewish absence, epistemic murk, and the aesthetics of cremation in Munchhausen and Die Feuerzangenbowle -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
"Today many Germans remain nostalgic about 'classic' film comedies created during the 1930s, viewing them as a part of the Nazi era that was not tainted with antisemitism. In Antisemitism in Film Comedy in Nazi Germany, Valerie Weinstein scrutinizes these comic productions and demonstrates that film comedy, despite its innocent appearance, was a critical component in the effort to separate 'Jews' from 'Germans' physically, economically, and artistically."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 05, 2019) |
| Subject |
Antisemitism in motion pictures.
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Comedy films -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
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Comedy films -- Social aspects -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
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Comedy films -- Political aspects -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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HISTORY -- Holocaust.
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Antisemitism in motion pictures.
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Comedy films.
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Germany.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780253040725 |
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0253040728 |
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9780253040732 |
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0253040736 |
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