{"product_id":"chai-noon-jonathan-l-friedmann-9780299352103","title":"Chai Noon: Jews and the Cinematic Wild West","description":"Only a few Westerns contain explicitly Jewish stories or themes, and very rarely do Old West tales involve identifiably Jewish characters. Yet Jewish contributors have shaped the Western--once Hollywood's most popular genre--ever since the silent era, both onscreen and offscreen, and some filmmakers have sought to infuse the genre with a distinctly Jewish sensibility. In \u003ci\u003eChai Noon\u003c\/i\u003e, Jonathan L. Friedmann applies some of the central questions of Jewish film studies to the Western: What makes a movie \"Jewish\"? What counts as a \"Jewish image\" on screen? What types of Jewish representation are appropriate? How much of a film's \"Jewishness\" owes to the filmmakers and how much to the viewer's interpretation? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This volume joins other reconsiderations of outsider and minority representations in Westerns to offer a more nuanced view of the genre. Friedmann engages with larger themes of Jewish identity in popular film, including depictions of race, ethnicity, and foreignness. He also identifies similar concerns within the invention and creation of the imaginary West writ large in American culture. The juxtapositions prove to be both unexpected and intuitively understandable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan L. Friedmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299352102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299352103\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2025","brand":"Jonathan L. Friedmann","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46767361065215,"sku":"9780299352103","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3ee29f8f-c9bf-4ec7-bb66-847eab59b144.jpg?v=1744169594","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chai-noon-jonathan-l-friedmann-9780299352103","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}