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

By: Rubin, Rachel, 1964-.
Contributor(s): Melnick, Jeffrey Paul | ebrary, Inc.
Series: Nation of newcomers: Publisher: New York : New York University Press, c2007Description: x, 302 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation | Popular culture -- United States | United States -- Ethnic relationsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 304.8/73 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-284) and index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.