Drawing the Iron Curtain
Subtitle: Jews and the golden age of Soviet animation
By: Maya Balakirsky Katz
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780813577012; 9780813576626
Subjects: Animated films; Animation (Cinematography); Jews in the motion picture industry; History and criticism; Kino-studii︠a︡ "Soi︠u︡zmulʹtfilʹm" (Soviet Union); History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Puppeteering a self in the Soviet Union; title: Behind the scenes: Jews and the studio system, 1919-1989; title: Black and white: race in Soviet animation; title: The Brumberg sisters: the fairy grandmothers of Soviet animation; title: Big city Jews: setting and censoring the modern fairytale; title: Tropical Russian bears: Cheburashka's Jewish roots; title: The pioneer's violin: animating the Soviet holocaust; title: Cartoon cosmopolitans: drawing Jews into Soviet culture; title: Tale of tales: the rise of the Jewish auteur director; title: Conclusion: Tell-tale signs and Soviet Jewish animation; title: Glossary.