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Unpacking Rachel Félix's “constructed” and “self-constructed” Jewishness
French Cultural Studies ( IF 0.286 ) Pub Date : 2021-11-03 , DOI: 10.1177/09571558211045052
Irina Rabinovich 1
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This paper aims at unpacking the cultural, historical and political significance behind the representations (including pictures, caricatures, journalistic articles, etc.) and self-representations of Rachel Félix (1821–1858), the first prominent Jewish performer on the French and British and American stage, as a prism which may afford a broader discussion about the literary formations of the figure the Jewish female artist Félix, renowned for her exquisite beauty and daring sensuality, serves as an excellent paradigm of how Jewish artists used and, at times, manipulated their “biblical"/"oriental"/ “sensual” beauty with the aim of promoting their artistic career. My discussion, adopting a New Historicist outlook, also aims at explaining the correlation between such literary formations and their political implications with regards to the representation of Jewish artists. Since the identity of an actress is so obviously “constructed,” and because of the intricate relationship between the Jewishness, artistic vocation and femininity, the figure of Félix provides a direct engagement with a particular set of cultural and political assumptions about Jewish female artists. Looking at Félix's literary and artistic representations by her contemporaries and at her own self-representation as reflected on the stage and in her letters leads us to a better understanding of the relationship between the cultural, political and artistic constructs of Jewish female artists.



中文翻译:

揭开 Rachel Félix 的“建构”和“自我建构”的犹太身份

还旨在解释此类文学形式与其对犹太艺术家代表的政治影响之间的相关性。由于女演员的身份如此明显地“建构”,并且由于犹太性、艺术职业和女性气质之间的错综复杂的关系,费利克斯的形象直接参与了关于犹太女性艺术家的一组特定的文化和政治假设。看看费利克斯同时代人的文学和艺术表现,以及她在舞台和信件中的自我表现,让我们更好地理解犹太女性艺术家的文化、政治和艺术建构之间的关系。由于女演员的身份如此明显地“建构”,并且由于犹太性、艺术职业和女性气质之间的错综复杂的关系,费利克斯的形象直接参与了关于犹太女性艺术家的一组特定的文化和政治假设。看看费利克斯同时代人的文学和艺术表现,以及她在舞台和信件中的自我表现,让我们更好地理解犹太女性艺术家的文化、政治和艺术建构之间的关系。由于女演员的身份如此明显地“建构”,并且由于犹太性、艺术职业和女性气质之间的错综复杂的关系,费利克斯的形象直接参与了关于犹太女性艺术家的一组特定的文化和政治假设。看看费利克斯同时代人的文学和艺术表现,以及她在舞台和信件中的自我表现,让我们更好地理解犹太女性艺术家的文化、政治和艺术建构之间的关系。

更新日期:2021-11-03
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