ISBN:
9780313087349
,
0313087342
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxiii, 488 p.)
,
ill
,
26 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Encyclopedia of Jewish American Popular Culture
DDC:
305.892407303
Keywords:
Jews Encyclopedias
;
United States
;
Jews in popular culture Encyclopedias
;
United States
;
Electronic books
;
United States Encyclopedias
;
Civilization
;
Jewish influences
;
United States Encyclopedias
;
Ethnic relations
;
Wörterbuch
;
USA
;
Juden
;
Popkultur
Abstract:
This unique encyclopedia chronicles American Jewish popular culture, past and present in music, art, food, religion, literature, and more. Over 150 entries, written by scholars in the field, highlight topics ranging from animation and comics to Hollywood and pop psychology.Without the profound contributions of American Jews, the popular culture we know today would not exist. Where would music be without the music of Bob Dylan and Barbra Streisand, humor without Judd Apatow and Jerry Seinfeld, film without Steven Spielberg, literature without Phillip Roth, Broadway without Rodgers and Hammerste
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; List of Entries; Guide to Related Topics; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Encyclopedia; Bibliography; Index; About the Editors and Contributors;
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction, Boulder, Colo : NetLibrary, 2009
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