Drawing the Iron Curtain : Jews and the golden age of Soviet animation
Tells the story of the golden age of Soviet animation and the Jewish artists who enabled it to thrive. Art historian Maya Balakirsky Katz reveals how the state-run animation studio Soyuzmultfilm brought together Jewish creative personnel from every corner of the Soviet Union and served as an unlikely haven for dissidents who were banned from working in other industries.
eBook, English, [2016]
Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey, [2016]
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Online Ressource
9780813577029, 9780813577036, 0813577020, 0813577039
1030359431
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration and Translation Introduction: Puppeteering a Self in the Soviet Union1 Behind the Scenes: Jews and the Studio System, 1919–19892 Black and White: Race in Soviet Animation3 The Brumberg Sisters: The Fairy Grandmothers of Soviet Animation4 Big City Jews: Setting and Censoring the Modern Fairytale5 Tropical Russian Bears: Cheburashka’s Jewish Roots6 The Pioneer’s Violin: Animating the Soviet Holocaust7 Cartoon Cosmopolitans: Drawing Jews into Soviet Culture8 Tale of Tales: The Rise of the Jewish Auteur Director Conclusion: Tell-Tale Signs and Soviet Jewish Animation Notes Glossary Filmography Index