Immigration and American popular culture : an introduction /
Rubin, Rachel, 1964-
Immigration and American popular culture : an introduction / Rachel Rubin and Jeffrey Melnick. - New York : New York University Press, c2007. - x, 302 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Nation of newcomers .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-284) and index.
Hollywood, 1930 : Jewish gangster masquerade -- Los Angeles, 1943 : zoot suit style, immigrant politics -- Broadway, 1957 : West Side Story and the Nuyorican blues -- Monterey, 1967 : the hippies meet Ravi Shankar -- South Bronx, 1977 : Jamaican migrants, born Jamericans, and global music -- Cyberspace, y2k : giant robots, Asian punks -- Afterword : Chelsea, 2006 ; wandering popular culture.
0814775535 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780814775530 (cloth : alk. paper) 0814775527 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780814775523 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2006017648
Immigrants--Cultural assimilation.
Popular culture--United States.
United States--Ethnic relations.
JV6465 / .R83 2007
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Immigration and American popular culture : an introduction / Rachel Rubin and Jeffrey Melnick. - New York : New York University Press, c2007. - x, 302 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Nation of newcomers .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-284) and index.
Hollywood, 1930 : Jewish gangster masquerade -- Los Angeles, 1943 : zoot suit style, immigrant politics -- Broadway, 1957 : West Side Story and the Nuyorican blues -- Monterey, 1967 : the hippies meet Ravi Shankar -- South Bronx, 1977 : Jamaican migrants, born Jamericans, and global music -- Cyberspace, y2k : giant robots, Asian punks -- Afterword : Chelsea, 2006 ; wandering popular culture.
0814775535 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780814775530 (cloth : alk. paper) 0814775527 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780814775523 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2006017648
Immigrants--Cultural assimilation.
Popular culture--United States.
United States--Ethnic relations.
JV6465 / .R83 2007
304.8/73