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"Israeli Bourekas Films offers much needed analysis of the phenomenon popularly called 'Bourekas films' and how they draw on representations of shtetl life from Yiddish literature."—Deborah Starr, author of Remembering Cosmopolitan Egypt: Literature, Culture, and Empire

"Highly Recommended."—Igeret: The Newsletter of the National Association of Professors of Hebrew



Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Birth of the Bourekas: Sallah and Its Innovations
A Thematic Analysis of Bourekas
Mizrahi Self Representation Films
Bourekas and Classical Yiddish Literature
The Dynamics of Continuity between Two Disparate Cultures
Bourekas Legacy: Post-Bourekas and Neo-Bourekas
Bibliography
Index

Israeli Bourekas Films

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 03/01/2023
      ISBN13: 9780253063410, 978-0253063410
      ISBN10: 0253063418
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      "Israeli Bourekas Films offers much needed analysis of the phenomenon popularly called 'Bourekas films' and how they draw on representations of shtetl life from Yiddish literature."—Deborah Starr, author of Remembering Cosmopolitan Egypt: Literature, Culture, and Empire

      "Highly Recommended."—Igeret: The Newsletter of the National Association of Professors of Hebrew



      Table of Contents

      Preface
      Acknowledgments
      Introduction
      Birth of the Bourekas: Sallah and Its Innovations
      A Thematic Analysis of Bourekas
      Mizrahi Self Representation Films
      Bourekas and Classical Yiddish Literature
      The Dynamics of Continuity between Two Disparate Cultures
      Bourekas Legacy: Post-Bourekas and Neo-Bourekas
      Bibliography
      Index

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