Although Woody Allen's films have received extensive attention from scholars and critics, no book has focused exclusively on Jewishness in his work, particularly that of the late 1990s and beyond. In this anthology, a distinguished group of contributors—whose work is richly contextualized in the fields of literature, philosophy, film, theater, and comedy—examine the schlemiel, Allen and women, the Jewish take on the "morality of murder, " Allen's take on Hebrew scripture and Greek tragedy, his stage work, his cinematic treatment of food and dining, and what happens to "Jew York" when Woody takes his films out of New York City. Considered together, these essays delineate the intellectual, artistic, and moral development of one of cinema's most durable and controversial directors.

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Publisher

Brandeis University Press

Year

2013

ISBN

9781611684810

Topic

Social Sciences

Subtopic

Sociology

Index

Social Sciences

INDEX

Adorno, Theodor, xxvi, 80, 82, 87, 96, 97

Alice (1990), 14, 71, 129, 131; and food, 227; magic, 71, 131, 132; schlemiel, 14

Allen, Woody: and children of, xxxiiin84, 12, 13, 26, 30; comedy/serious film conflict, 4, 5, 10, 11, 14, 60; existentialism, xix, xviii, 39, 40, 216; family background, 9, 124, 125, 164, 246, 255, 256; French reputation, 18, 21, 24; name change, xiv; religious upbringing, 124, 125, 255, 256; social conscience, xxi, xxv, xxvi, 61, 65, 67–69, 74. See also Allen’s persona; art, cinema; Borscht Belt; death; Farrow, Mia; Farrow/Previn scandal; gentile women; Jewish mother; Jewish women; Jewishness; Judaism, religion; love relationships; New York City; Previn, Soon-Yi; schlemiel; individual films, plays, prose

Allen’s persona, xix, xxiv, 3, 4, 13, 16, 17, 19, 122–38, 143, 144, 148, 179, 220, 230; and aging, xxvvii, 25, 26, 29, 166, 205, 251; in Allen’s plays, 235, 236, 243, 245–47, 250; Christian-Jewish dialectic, 100–118; European phase, xxiii, xxv, 60, 74; New York Jew, xii, xiv, xv, xxviii, 29, 59, 151, 182, 235, 236. See also schlemiel; individual films, plays, prose

Annie Hall (1977), ix, xiv, xx, xxiv, 9, 55, 79, 106, 193, 205; and Allen’s persona, 3, 26; anti-S...

Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Introduction~Vincent Brook and Marat Grinberg
Overview
Comparative Analysis
Schlemiel Theory
Women’s Issues
Cultural Studies
Woody Allen: Filmography
Woody Allen: Play List
List of Contributors
Index