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Author Kelman, Ari Y., 1971-

Title Station identification : a cultural history of Yiddish radio in the United States / Ari Y. Kelman.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2009.

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 Moore Stacks  PN1991.3.U6 K45 2009    Available  ---
Description xvii, 279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-269) and index.
Contents Introduction: the culture of Yiddish radio -- From the mainstream to the margin, 1920-1929 -- Americanization, audience, community, consumers, 1925-1936 -- Listening to themselves, 1929-1936 -- An acoustic community, 1936-1941 -- At home on the air, 1941-1949 -- Listening for Yiddish in postwar America -- Conclusion: diasporic broadcasting.
Subject Radio programs -- United States -- History and criticism.
Radio programs.
United States.
Jews -- United States -- Intellectual life.
Jews.
Intellectual life.
Mass media -- United States.
Mass media.
Popular culture -- United States.
Popular culture.
Theater, Yiddish -- United States -- History.
Theater, Yiddish.
History.
Other Form: Online version: Kelman, Ari Y., 1971- Station identification. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2009 (OCoLC)649083969
ISBN 9780520255739 cloth alkaline paper
0520255739 cloth alkaline paper