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9780674769762

A Right to Sing the Blues: African Americans, Jews, and American Popular Song

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    9780674769762

  • ISBN10:

    0674769767

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-04-01
  • Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr
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Summary

understanding of the cultural terrain shared by African Americans and Jews.

Author Biography

Jeffrey Melnick is Assistant Professor of American Studies at Babson College.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: The Languages of Black-Jewish Relations 1(15)
``Yiddle on Your Fiddle'': The Culture of Black-Jewish Relations
16(44)
``I Used to Be Color Blind'': The Racialness of Jewish Men
60(35)
``Swanee Ripples'': From Blackface to White Negro
95(46)
``Lift Ev'ry Voice'': African American Music and the Nation
141(24)
``Melancholy Blues'': Making Jews Sacred in African American Music
165(32)
Epilogue: The Lasting Power of Black-Jewish Relations 197(12)
Notes 209(58)
Index 267

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