Performance Studies

Details the creation of a Hebrew cultural aesthetic that was intentionally and distinctly physical.

The translations collected here-Death and the Fool, Electra, and The Tower represent different periods and interests in his career as a dramatist.

Examines the reception, formal strategies, production history, and ideological underpinnings of the groundbreaking comedy-variety show Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In.

Investigates the relationship between Jewish identity and American film from an interdisciplinary perspective.

An analysis of the under-studied sitcom Gilligan’s Island that addresses key questions about American social life in the 1960s.

Examines how generations of African Americans perceive, proclaim, and name the combined performance of race and class across genres.

An analysis of I Love Lucy, one of the best loved sitcoms in the history of American television.

An expanded, updated version of Peter Lehman’s classic text that became the leading source for the study of masculinity, the male body, and sexuality in film.

Three plays by Israel Zangwill, a noted Jewish playwright, published together for the first time in their original form and accompanied by extensive scholarly commentary.