Jews, Cinema and Public Life in Interwar Britain

Considers interwar Jewish life through the previously unutilised optic of film-going

Contributes fresh material on the history of migrant life in Britain, detailing how a distinct migrant community inhabited and remade the modern city

Examines a wholly new aspect of film reception and exhibition in the UK

Reveals new experiences of the rituals and routines of the everyday of this community

Features innovative methodologically utilising a range of empirical data including oral history interviews and a plethora of archival sources

Autorentext

Gil Toffell is an academic researcher currently working on the Oxford Leverhulme Diasporas Programme. He was previously Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Department of Film Studies at Queen Mary, University of London, UK.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. The Spaces and Places of Jewish Cinema Culture.- 3. Films of Jewish Interest.- 4. The Public Lives of Jewish Stars.- 5. The Jews Behind the Camera.- 6. Jewish Defence.- 7. Epilogue The Decline of a Jewish Cinema Culture.