The Case of the Sexy Jewess: Dance, Gender and Jewish Joke-work in US Pop Culture
- Author: Schwadron, Hannah
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Contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- The Case of the Sexy Jewess
- Repetition with a Difference and the Joke Body
- Expressive Confessions of a Face Like That
- All in a Look
- The Corporeal Turn for New Jewish Studies Identity Acts and Impersonations
- Jewish Joke-Work and the Doubled Female Subject
- The Queer Play of Self-Display
- Methods and Materials
- Notes
- Chapter 1
- Nice Girls Gone Blue: Neo-Burlesque Nostalgia and the Downwardly Mobile
- Rockette Fantasies and the Menorah Horah
- Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad and Ordering Chinese On Christmas Eve
- Polyester Feminism and the Stakes of Self-Display
- Sexy Spirit and the Do-It-Yourself Scheme
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Chapter 2
- Hello, Gorgeous and the Historical Lens: How Funny Girls Became Sexy
- Fanny Brice, Barbra Streisand, and the Joke of the Jewish Swan
- Sophie Tucker, Betty Boop, and the Bawdy Body Blacking Up
- Party Albums, Postwar Ambitions, and the Jewish American Princess
- Sexy Jews and Leggy Moves: Bunnies, Babes, and Mermaid Maneuvers
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Chapter 3
- Comic Glory (and Guilt): The Appropriative License of Jewish Female Comedy
- Sandra Bernhard and the I/You Other
- Race, Sex, and the Sarah Silverman Effect
- Broad City's Bad Girls Getting Bi In-Between
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Chapter 4
- Black Swan, White Nose: Jewish Horror and Ballet Birds By Any Other Name
- Synopsis and Setup: Thriller Ballet and Jewish Swans All Sexed Up
- Facing the Jewish Female Monster
- Jewish Swans, Queer Contexts
- Lesbian Sex and Swan Sin: Thrills Fit to Forget
- Swan Queen Kills Herself, Saves Ballet?
- The Funny Thing About Horror: Moving Across Genres
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Chapter 5
- Punk Porn Princess Joanna Angel and the Rise of Jewess Raunch
- From the Porn Wars to Post-feminism
- Piggish Authority and Sexual Commodification
- At Home in Burning Angel and Joanna's Jewish Roots
- Blow Up Joanna and the Jewish Doppelganger
- Heeb Magazine and the Jewish Cutting Edge
- The Game of Interracial Porn and Joanna's Phallic Check Mate
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Conclusion
- At the Edge and In Your Face
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index