Private Films, Public Identities: Jewish Self-Representations in Hungarian and Polish Interwar Home Movies

Interwar home movies made by the substantial Hungarian Jewish bourgeoisie and by Polish American Jews traveling to Poland — mostly for private consumption– offer rare insight into the way the Jewish middle class fashioned and presented their identities in public well into the 1930s. Dr. Anna Manchin, Prins Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow, will present her new research on the meaning of these fascinating home movies as she completes her manuscript Jewish Identity, National Culture and Comedy Films in Interwar Hungary.

 










When: Tue., Mar. 12, 2013 at 6:00 pm
Where: American Jewish Historical Society
15 W. 16th St.
212-294-6160
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Interwar home movies made by the substantial Hungarian Jewish bourgeoisie and by Polish American Jews traveling to Poland — mostly for private consumption– offer rare insight into the way the Jewish middle class fashioned and presented their identities in public well into the 1930s. Dr. Anna Manchin, Prins Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow, will present her new research on the meaning of these fascinating home movies as she completes her manuscript Jewish Identity, National Culture and Comedy Films in Interwar Hungary.

 
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