| Song Is Not the Same: Jews and American Popular Music Contributor(s): Kun, Josh, Ansell, Lisa (Editor), Zuckerman, Bruce (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1557535868 ISBN-13: 9781557535863 Publisher: Purdue University Press OUR PRICE: $24.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Religious - Jewish - Music | History & Criticism - General - History | Jewish - General |
| Dewey: 780.92 |
| Series: Jewish Role in American Life |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 8.8" (0.65 lbs) 182 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: There has been a long-standing relationship between Jewish Americans and the world of American popular music. The essays in this volume blend surveys of music making as a whole with profiles of single artists. This is volume 8 of the annual publication, The Jewish Role in American Life (ISSN 1934-7529), produced by the Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life at the University of Southern California. Contents: Foreword (Gayle Wald); Introduction (Josh Kun); Cohen Owes Me Ninety-Seven Dollars, and other Tales from the Jewish Sheet-Music Trade (Jody Rosen); 'Dances Partake of the Racial Characteristics of the People Who Dance Them' Nordicism, Antisemitism, and Henry Ford's Old Time Music and Dance Revival (Peter La Chapelle); Ovoutie Slanguage is Absolutely Kosher: Yiddish in Scat-Singing, Jazz Jargon, and Black Music (Jonathan Z. S. Pollack); 'If I Embarrass You, Tell Your Friends' Belle Barth, Pearl Williams, and the Space of the RisquÃ(c) (Josh Kun); 'Here's a foreign song I learned in Utah' The Anxiety of Jewish Influence in the Music of Bob Dylan (David Kaufman); Jazz Liturgy, Yiddishe Blues, Cantorial Death Metal, and Free Klez: Musical Hybridity in Radical Jewish Culture (Jeff Janeczco). |