Station identification : a cultural history of Yiddish radio in the United States
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Bibliographic Information
Station identification : a cultural history of Yiddish radio in the United States
(S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies)
University of California Press, c2009
- : cloth
Available at 5 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-269) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This study examines the culture of Yiddish radio in the United States during radio's golden age. Ari Y. Kelman explores the dynamic relationships between an immigrant population and a mass medium and between audience and community. By focusing on voices previously excluded from radio histories, this treatment of non-English-language radio breaks new ground in the study of both American mass media and immigrant culture. Yiddish radio directly addressed the everyday lives of Jewish immigrants, while providing them with invaluable guidance as they struggled to become American. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, radio created a virtual place where Jewish immigrants could listen to voices like theirs and affirm the sound of their community as it evolved, particularly in light of World War II and the years that followed.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: The Culture of Yiddish Radio 1. From the Mainstream to the Margin, 1920-1929 2. Americanization, Audience, Community, Consumers, 1925-1936 3. Listening to Themselves, 1929-1936 4. An Acoustic Community, 1936-1941 5. At Home on the Air, 1941-1949 6. Listening for Yiddish in Postwar America Conclusion: Listening Live Notes Bibliography Index
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