Immigration and American popular culture : an introduction / Rachel Rubin and Jeffrey Melnick.

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Main Author: Rubin, Rachel, 1964-
Other Authors: Melnick, Jeffrey Paul
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©2007.
Series:Nation of newcomers.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.