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Given its emphasis on identites sexual and ethinc, queerness and Jewishness, and its power to reveal the resistant potential of a mainstream artist, McCormick's work is ideally conceived for today's intellectual priorities.

-- Alan Lareua, University of Wisconsin-Oskosh * Monatshefte *

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments


Introduction: Transnational Jewish Comedy


I. Berlin: Sex, Spectacle, and Anarchy


1. From the Jewish "Bad Boy" to the "Bad Girl": Early Comedies, 1914–1919


2. Bad Girls and the Costume Epics: 1919–1922


3. Bad Girls Untamed: Anarchic/Fantastic Comedies (1919–1922)


II. Hollywood: From European Sophistication to Anti-Fascist Screwball


4. Sex & Sophistication: Comedies & Operettas, 1924–1934


5. Pushing the Boundaries in Pre-Code Hollywood, 1931–1934


6. Screwball Politics: American Populism & European Politics, 1935–41


7. Coming Out as Jewish: To Be or Not to Be (1942)


Epilogue: Twilight of a Cosmopolitan, 1943–47


Bibliography


Filmography


Index

Sex Politics and Comedy The Transnational Cinema

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: 02/06/2020
      ISBN13: 9780253048332, 978-0253048332
      ISBN10: 0253048338
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      Given its emphasis on identites sexual and ethinc, queerness and Jewishness, and its power to reveal the resistant potential of a mainstream artist, McCormick's work is ideally conceived for today's intellectual priorities.

      -- Alan Lareua, University of Wisconsin-Oskosh * Monatshefte *

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments


      Introduction: Transnational Jewish Comedy


      I. Berlin: Sex, Spectacle, and Anarchy


      1. From the Jewish "Bad Boy" to the "Bad Girl": Early Comedies, 1914–1919


      2. Bad Girls and the Costume Epics: 1919–1922


      3. Bad Girls Untamed: Anarchic/Fantastic Comedies (1919–1922)


      II. Hollywood: From European Sophistication to Anti-Fascist Screwball


      4. Sex & Sophistication: Comedies & Operettas, 1924–1934


      5. Pushing the Boundaries in Pre-Code Hollywood, 1931–1934


      6. Screwball Politics: American Populism & European Politics, 1935–41


      7. Coming Out as Jewish: To Be or Not to Be (1942)


      Epilogue: Twilight of a Cosmopolitan, 1943–47


      Bibliography


      Filmography


      Index

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