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.

About the author

Robert Cherry is Brueklundian Professor at Brooklyn College and City University of New York Graduate Center. He has published eight books, primarily on economic discrimination and poverty, and more than 100 articles in professional journals, including a number on religious themes, most recently "Jesus and the Baal Shem Tov: Similar Roles but Different Outcomes."

Product details

• Authors: Robert Cherry, Cherry Robert
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2021
• EAN: 9781538143124
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-4312-4
• No. of pages: 254
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Jewish, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 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, History of the Americas, Social groups: religious groups & communities