Immigration and American popular culture [[electronic resource] ] : an introduction / / Rachel Rubin and Jeffrey Melnick

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451880503321
• Autore: Rubin Rachel <1964->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : New York University Press, c2007
• ISBN: 0-8147-7689-2; 0-8147-6908-X; 1-4356-0043-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Collana: Nation of newcomers
• Altri autori (Persone): MelnickJeffrey Paul
• Disciplina: 304.8/73
• Soggetti: Immigrants - Cultural assimilation; Popular culture - United States; Electronic books.; United States Ethnic relations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-284) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.