The Song Is Not the Same

by Zuckerman, Bruce; Kun, Josh; Ansell, Lisa

• ISBN13: 9781557535863
• ISBN10: 1557535868
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-12-15
• Publisher: Purdue Univ Pr

Summary

There has been a long-standing relationship between Jewish Americans and the world of American popular music. The essays in this volume blend surveys of music making as a whole with profiles of single artists. This is volume 8 of the annual publication,The Jewish Role in American Life(ISSN 1934-7529), produced by the Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life at the University of Southern California. Contents: Foreword (Gayle Wald); Introduction (Josh Kun); "Cohen Owes Me Ninety-Seven Dollars, and other Tales from the Jewish Sheet-Music Trade" (Jody Rosen); "'Dances Partake of the Racial Characteristics of the People Who Dance Them': Nordicism, Antisemitism, and Henry Ford's Old Time Music and Dance Revival" (Peter La Chapelle); "Ovoutie Slanguage is Absolutely Kosher: Yiddish in Scat-Singing, Jazz Jargon, and Black Music" (Jonathan Z. S. Pollack); "'If I Embarrass You, Tell Your Friends': Belle Barth, Pearl Williams, and the Space of the Risque" (Josh Kun); "'Here's a foreign song I learned in Utah': The Anxiety of Jewish Influence in the Music of Bob Dylan" (David Kaufman); "Jazz Liturgy, Yiddishe Blues, Cantorial Death Metal, and Free Klez: Musical Hybridity in Radical Jewish Culture" (Jeff Janeczco).

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Dreaming of Michael Jackson: Notes on Jewish Listening	p. 1
ôCohen Owes Me Ninety-Seven Dollarsö: Images of Jews from the Jewish Sheet-Music Trade	p. 9
ôDances Partake of the Racial Characteristics of the People Who Dance Themö: Nordicism, Antisemitism, and Henry Ford's Old-Time Music and Dance Revival	p. 29
ôOvoutie Slanguage is Absolutely Kosherö: Yiddish in Scat-Singing, Jazz Jargon, and Black Music	p. 71
ôIf I Embarrass You, Tell Your Friendsö: The Musical Comedy of Bell Barth and Pearl Williams	p. 89
ôHere's a Foreign Song I Learned in Utahö: The Anxiety of Jewish Influence in the Music of Bob Dylan	p. 115
Negotiating Boundaries: Musical Hybridity in Tzadik's Radical Jewish Culture Series	p. 137
About the Contributors	p. 169
About The USC Casden Institute	p. 171
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