Papa, Watch me Fly

the Journey of Yentl and Barbra Streisand

Authors

  • Heloiza Montenegro Barbosa UFPE
  • Karine da Rocha Oliveira Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35699/1982-3053.2020.25601

Keywords:

Barbra Streisand, Yentl, Jewish Cinema

Abstract

This article seeks to analyze the 1983’s film Yentl - starring and directed by Barbra Streisand - inspired by the tale of the same name by Isaac Bashevis Singer, while breaking the paradigm, by placing a woman in a position of power and owner of her own destiny in a religious environment where the position of women is restricted, connecting with the work of Barbra Streisand herself, as the protagonist and director of the film, in addition to seeing how Streisand's role as a director made room for others that came later, leaving - even more so - her name in the history of cinema.

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Author Biography

Karine da Rocha Oliveira, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Professora na Universidade Federal de Pernambuco e Doutora em Teoria da Literatura pela mesma instituição.

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AARON, Michele. The Queer Jew and Cinema: From Yidl to Yentl and Back and Byond. Jewish Culture and History, Londres, n. 3/1, p. 23-44, 2012.

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HURD, Mary G. Women directors and their films. Westport: Praeger Publishers, 2007.

KAUFMAN, David E. Jewhooing the Sixties: American Celebrity and Jewish Identity— Sandy Koufax, Lenny Bruce, Bob Dylan, and Barbra Streisand. Lebanon NH: Brande-is University Press, 2012.

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MANN, William J. Hello, Gorgeous. Becoming Barbra Streisand. Nova York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2012.

SMUKLER, Maya Montanez. Liberating Hollywood: Thirty Years of Women Directors. Cal-ifornia: UCLA CSW Update Newsletter, 2011.

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Published

2020-11-30

How to Cite

Barbosa, H. M., & Oliveira, K. da R. (2020). Papa, Watch me Fly: the Journey of Yentl and Barbra Streisand. Arquivo Maaravi: Revista Digital De Estudos Judaicos Da UFMG, 14(27), 51–62. https://doi.org/10.35699/1982-3053.2020.25601

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 27 (2020): O cinema judaico

Section

Artigo-Dossiê

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