Merchants of Helsinki: Jewish stereotypes on a Yiddish stage

This article analyses a New Year’s revue from 1929 by Helsinki-born Jac Weinstein (1883-1976) and the image of the Jewish merchant. Many stereotypes concerning ethnicity and gender are at play in the revue and the line between humour, Jewish self-deprecation and antisemitic depiction of the Jew beco...

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Main Author: Muir, Simo (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Donner Institute 2019
In: Nordisk judaistik
Year: 2019, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 27-45
Further subjects:B Jews in Helsinki
B Jac Weinstein
B Antisemitism
B Stereotypes
B Yiddish theatre
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