The Visible Wall: Jews and Other Ethnic Outsiders in Swedish Film

by Rochelle Wright

Rochelle Wright provides the first historical overview and analysis of the manner in which Jews and other ethnic outsiders have been depicted in Swedish film from 1930 to the present.Focusing on films produced in Sweden for primarily Swedish audiences, Wright analyzes how the portrayal of the relatively small Jewish minority has evolved over the years. She compares the images of Jews in Swedish film with those of other ethnic long-term resident communities such as tattare (social questions. She deals head-on with xenophobia, anti-Semitism, immigration, assimilation, ethnicity, multiculturalism, and the national self-image of Swedes as reflected in their cinema. She also analyzes the manner in which Swedish film represents the persecution of Jews in Nazi-dominated Europe.

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First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Rochelle Wright, M.S., is author of Guided Afterlife Connections, a licensed mental health counselor, licensed chemical dependency professional, and certified EMDR psychotherapist for 14 years.