Why the Jews? How Jewish Values Transformed Twentieth Century American Pop Culture

The author explores the important role that Jewish performers and middlemen played in the evolution of popular culture throughout the century, from stage and big screen to radio, television, and the music industry. He concludes with a discussion of Jewish values that helps explain the role that Jews continue to play in American popular culture.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Robert Cherry, recently retired professor of economics at Brooklyn College and CUNY Graduate Center, contributes to The Forward, The Jerusalem Post, Israel Studies, and Contemporary Jewry. He has written dozens of articles and four books on discrimination, and has written extensively on the American Jewish community and the Holocaust. He is the author of Who Gets the Good Jobs? Combating Race and Gender Earnings Disparities, Prosperity for All? The Economic Boom and African Americans, Discrimination: Its Economic Impact on Blacks, Women, and Jews, and The Imperiled Economy: Macroeconomics from a Left Perspective.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Robert Cherry, Cherry Robert
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.03.2021
• Thema: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien
• EAN: 9781538143124
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-4312-4
• Anzahl Seiten: 254
• Themen: USA, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Performing Arts, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Jewish, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Judaica, RELIGION / Judaism / Rituals & Practice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Jewish Studies, Judaism: life & practice, United States of America, USA, Relating to Jewish people & groups, Vaudeville, pop culture, History of the Americas, Social groups: religious groups & communities, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Silent Film, Jewish History