A right to sing the blues : African Americans, Jews, and American popular song

A right to sing the blues : African Americans, Jews, and American popular song / Jeffrey Melnick.

Author/creator	Melnick, Jeffrey Paul
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©1999.
Description	ix, 277 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Popular music--United States --History and criticism. African Americans--Music --History and criticism. Jews--United States --Music --History and criticism. African Americans--Music --History and criticism.

Contents	Introduction: The languages of Black-Jewish relations -- "Yiddle on your fiddle": the culture of Black-Jewish relations -- "I used to be color blind": the racialness of Jewish men -- "Swanee ripples": from blackface to white Negro -- "Lift ev'ry voice": African American music and the nation -- "Melancholy blues": making Jews sacred in African American music -- Epilogue: The lasting power of Black-Jewish relations.
Local note	Little-310912--305131021612P
Local note	Little-310912--305131021612P
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-266) and index.
LCCN	98033877
ISBN	0674769767 (alk. paper)

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