Rubin, Rachel, 1964-

Immigration and American popular culture an introduction / [electronic resource] : Rachel Rubin and Jeffrey Melnick. - New York : New York University Press, c2007. - x, 302 p. : ill. - Nation of newcomers . - Nation of newcomers. .

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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2013.
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Immigrants--Cultural assimilation.
Popular culture--United States.


United States--Ethnic relations.


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