Publisher's Synopsis
There has been a long-standing relationship between Jewish Americans and the world of American popular music. The essays in this volume blend surveys of music making as a whole with profiles of single artists. This is volume 8 of the annual publication, The Jewish Role in American Life (ISSN 1934-7529), produced by the Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life at the University of Southern California. Contents: Foreword (Gayle Wald); Introduction (Josh Kun); Cohen Owes Me Ninety-Seven Dollars, and other Tales from the Jewish Sheet-Music Trade
(Jody Rosen);
'Dances Partake of the Racial Characteristics of the People Who Dance Them': Nordicism, Antisemitism, and Henry Ford's Old Time Music and Dance Revival
(Peter La Chapelle);
Ovoutie Slanguage is Absolutely Kosher: Yiddish in Scat-Singing, Jazz Jargon, and Black Music
(Jonathan Z. S. Pollack);
'If I Embarrass You, Tell Your Friends': Belle Barth, Pearl Williams, and the Space of the Risqué
(Josh Kun);
'Here's a foreign song I learned in Utah': The Anxiety of Jewish Influence in the Music of Bob Dylan
(David Kaufman);
Jazz Liturgy, Yiddishe Blues, Cantorial Death Metal, and Free Klez: Musical Hybridity in Radical Jewish Culture
(Jeff Janeczco).
