A shanda fur de Yehudim: Jewishness in network sitcom television.

This thesis is a cultural study of Jewishness in network sitcom television. Sources for the study included: historical film analysis, sociological studies on stereotyping and Jewish culture. The thesis studies how past forms of Jewishness impacted the current depictions of Jewishness on the television sitcom. After an introduction discussing Jewishness in general, the second chapter studies Jewishness in Vaudeville and early Hollywood film. The third chapter studies Jewishness in the first 40 years of network sitcom television. The fourth chapter studies Jewishness in the network sitcoms of the 1990s. The conclusions of the study focus on the state of Jewishness on network sitcom television at present, and ask what must be done within the industry to maintain a viable Jewish identity on network sitcom television in the future.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2004

Author dc:creator

• Minnick, Susan L.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Benshoff, Harry
• Loomis, Kenneth
• Yaffe, Martin D.

• Jews on television.
• Jews -- Identity.
• cultural study
• stereotyping
• Jewishness
• sitcom TV
• Seinfeld

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Minnick, Susan L.
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

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