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Divorce is a perennial topic in American cinema, from the silent era to The Divorcee (1930), and from Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) to Marriage Story (2019). I’ll be looking at the ways divorce is treated in film, with a focus on individual movies and (when applicable) their literary sources, in order to get a better understanding of both landmark films and broader trends over time.
I’m a literature professor in the Jewish Studies department of Portland State University. Yes, I am divorced. EDIT MARCH 2025: AND NOW REMARRIED.
My other website is devoted to the rather different topic of Jews and fantasy literature.
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Michael Weingrad is a professor of Jewish Studies, translator of Hebrew poetry, and author of Eugene Nadelman: A Tale of the 1980s in Verse. He is currently working on a book on Jews and fantasy literature, and one on divorce in American film.