From the Lower East Side to Hollywood
Subtitle: Jews in American Popular Culture
Publisher: Verso
Published: June 3, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781859845981
Subjects: Jewish studies; Judaism - General; Specific Groups In Performing Arts; United States; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Popular Culture - General; Cinema/Film: Book; USA; Film & Video - General; Television - General; 20th century; History; Jews; Jews in the performing arts; Popular Culture
First sentence: We no longer live in the era of unabashed mainstream (or elite) anti-Semitism where ethnic vaudeville humor refers to neighborhood shylocks collecting insurance by setting fire to their small businesses, or where Catholic film censors and congressional conservatives point darkly to "Hebrew influences" among the entertainment industry's leaders and employees.