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The precariousness of Jewish visibility: Surviving antisemitism in Swedish cinema
Stockholm University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Media Studies, Cinema Studies.
Number of Authors: 12022 (English)In: Journal of Scandinavian Cinema, ISSN 2042-7891, E-ISSN 2042-7905, Vol. 12, no 1, p. 87-104Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The article examines Jewish 'self-images' in Swedish post-war film. Before World War II, antisemitic caricatures were prevalent in Swedish film and visual culture. Following the Holocaust, Jews as such were virtually erased from Swedish screens. Written by and starring Marie-Louise Ekman, Hallo Baby (Bergenstrahle 1976) was a rare exception, the first Swedish post-war film to explore Swedish-Jewish identity. The 2002 comedy Livet i 8 bitar (Bit by Bit) (Metzger) remains the last of only a handfid of films to fit said description. Significantly, both films draw heavily on established antisemitic tropes in their figurations of 'Jewishness'. Through historically contextualized readings of the two films, including their reception, the article thus shows how the tradition of antisemitic caricature that prevailed until World War II has continued to condition Jewish self-representation in the post-war era.

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2022. Vol. 12, no 1, p. 87-104
Keywords [en]
Jewish self-images, antisemitic caricatures, post-war antisemitism, Swedish film, Hallo Baby, Livet i 8 bitar, Jewish Renaissance
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Studies on Film
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-207276DOI: 10.1386/jsca_00066_1ISI: 000804257700008Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85131123602OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-207276DiVA, id: diva2:1683083
Available from: 2022-07-13 Created: 2022-07-13 Last updated: 2022-09-05Bibliographically approved

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