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Jewhooing the Sixties
David E. Kaufman
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Description for Jewhooing the Sixties
paperback. A lively look at four major Jewish celebrities of early 1960s America, who together made their mark on both American culture and Jewish identity Num Pages: 360 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: HBLW3; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Sandy Koufax, Lenny Bruce, Bob Dylan, and Barbra Streisand first came to public attention in the early 1960s, a period Kaufman identifies as historically ripe for American Jews to reexamine their (Jewish) identities. All four achieved extraordinary success in their respective fields and became celebrities within an American context, while at the same time they were clearly identifiable as Jews-although they were perceived to be Jewish in very different ways. Kaufman investigates these celebrities' rise to fame, the specific brand of Jewishness each one represented, and how their fans and the public at large perceived their ethnic identity as ... Read more
Sandy Koufax, Lenny Bruce, Bob Dylan, and Barbra Streisand first came to public attention in the early 1960s, a period Kaufman identifies as historically ripe for American Jews to reexamine their (Jewish) identities. All four achieved extraordinary success in their respective fields and became celebrities within an American context, while at the same time they were clearly identifiable as Jews-although they were perceived to be Jewish in very different ways. Kaufman investigates these celebrities' rise to fame, the specific brand of Jewishness each one represented, and how their fans and the public at large perceived their ethnic identity as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Brandeis University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781611683141
SKU
V9781611683141
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