Immigration and American popular culture an introduction /

Main Author: Rubin, Rachel, 1964-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Other Authors: Melnick, Jeffrey Paul.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, c2007.
Series:Nation of newcomers
Subjects:
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10170582
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.