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Mel Gordon on Superman’s Kandor

Friday, Jan 6, 2017 • 12:30–1pm

ADMISSION: Free with Museum admission

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2017-01-06 12:30:00 UTC2017-01-06 13:00:00 UTC America/Los_AngelesThe CJM - 736 Mission St, San Francisco, CAMel Gordon on Superman’s KandorUC Berkeley Professor Mel Gordon discusses the mythical history of the city of Kandor and its allusions to Jewish history in conjunction with Kandor 17 by Mike Kelley.

UC Berkeley Professor Mel Gordon discusses the mythical history of the city of Kandor and its allusions to Jewish history in conjunction with Kandor 17 by Mike Kelley.

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Mel Gordon

Mel Gordon is Professor of Theatre Arts at the University of California, Berkeley. A director and writer, he is the author of fifteen books and one hundred and thirty articles on popular culture and American, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Yiddish theatre. His online articles include “Why Madonna’s Kabbalah Is the True Kabbalah” (Jewcy.com).

Image Credit

Mike Kelley, Kandor 17, 2007. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts. Installation image from the exhibition From Generation to Generation: Inherited Memory & Contemporary Art at The CJM. Photo by Gary Sexton.