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Stairway to Paradise : Jews, Blacks, and the American Music Revolution / Ari Katorza.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Katorza, Ari, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular music--United States--Jewish influences.
- Popular music.
- Popular music--United States--African American influences.
- Music trade--United States--History.
- Music trade.
- Jews--United States--Music--History and criticism.
- Jews.
- History.
- United States.
- African Americans--Music--History and criticism.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Music.
- Genre:
- Music.
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (VI, 273 pages)
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- München ; Wien : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2021]
- Resling, [2021]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Prologue
- Chapter 1: Jokerman - The Black Mask of Al Jolson
- Chapter 2: Somewhere over the Rainbow - Jewish Immigration to America and the Struggle for Popular Culture
- Chapter 3: I Used to Be Color-Blind - Irving Berlin, the Ragtime Riot and the Jewish Network in Tin Pan Alley
- Chapter 4: Someone to Watch Over Me - Jerome Kern, George Gershwin and the Jazz Journey in the Musical Comedy
- Chapter 5: It Don't Mean a Thing If you Ain't Got That Swing - Duke Ellington and Irving Mills' Fantasy
- Chapter 6: Heaven With You - Jews, The Record Industry and Rock 'n' Roll
- Chapter 7: Stand By Me - The Black-Jewish Political Alliance and the Decline of the WASP
- Chapter 8: That is Rock 'n Roll! Leiber and Stoller, the White Negro and the Enlargement of America
- Chapter 9: Will You Love Me Tomorrow? Carole King, Black Lolitas and the Brill Building's hit factories
- Chapter 10: River Deep - Mountain High: Phil Spector, Burt Bacharach and the Ghost on the Second Floor of the Bus
- Chapter 11: The Sounds of Silence - Folk, the Blues and the Spirit of Capitalism Between Grossman, Bloomfield and Zimmerman
- Chapter 12: Walk On the Wild Side - Jews, Gangsters, and Rock 'n' Roll
- Chapter 13: Hard Rain Is Gonna Fall - Popular Music, Hegemonic Rifts, and New American Culture
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
- Author information
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9783110723168
- 3110723166
- Publisher Number:
- 40030749244
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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