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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808187303321

Autore

Kaufman David <1959->

Titolo

Jewhooing the sixties [[electronic resource] ] : American celebrity & Jewish identity : Sandy Koufax, Lenny Bruce, Bob Dylan, and Barbra Streisand / / David E. Kaufman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waltham, Mass., : Brandeis University Press, c2012

ISBN

1-61168-315-7

1-283-73856-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (357 p.)

Collana

Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life

Disciplina

791.08979207

791.089792073

791/.089/792073

Soggetti

Jews in the performing arts - United States

Jewish athletes - United States

Jewish entertainers - United States

Jews in popular culture - United States

Popular culture - United States - History - 20th century

Nineteen sixties

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Jews, celebrity, and the early 1960's -- Sandy Koufax: super Jew -- Lenny Bruce: dirty Jew -- Bob Dylan: wandering Jew -- Barbra Streisand: Hollywood Jew -- Epilogue: Jewhooing into the twenty-first century.

Sommario/riassunto

A lively look at four major Jewish celebrities of early 1960's America, who together made their mark on both American culture and Jewish identity