Format:
Online-Ressource (x, 302 p)
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ill
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0814775527
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9780814775530
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0814775535
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9780814775523
Series Statement:
Nation of newcomers
Content:
How does a 'national' popular culture form and grow over time in a nation comprised of immigrants? How have immigrants used popular culture in America, and how has it used them?. Immigration and American Popular Culture looks at the relationship between American immigrants and the popular culture industry in the twentieth century. Through a series of case studies, Rachel Rubin and Jeffrey Melnick uncover how specific trends in popular culture-such as portrayals of European immigrants as gangsters in 1930s cinema, the zoot suits of the 1940s, the influence of Jamaican Americans on rap in the 19
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-284) and index
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Acknowledgments; Introduction: Aliens, Inc.; 1. Hollywood, 1930: JewishGangster Masquerade; 2. Los Angeles, 1943: Zoot SuitStyle, Immigrant Politics; 3. Broadway, 1957: West SideStory and the Nuyorican Blues; 4. Monterey, 1967: The HippiesMeet Ravi Shankar; 5. South Bronx, 1977: JamaicanMigrants, Born Jamericans, andGlobal Music; 6. Cyberspace, Y2K: GiantRobots, Asian Punks; Afterword: Chelsea, 2006:Wandering Popular Culture; Appendix: Timeline; Works Cited; Index; About the Authors
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780814775523
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Immigration and American Popular Culture : An Introduction
Language:
English
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