Station Identification - A Cultural History of Yiddish Radio in the United States

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-520-25573-9
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 634 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kelman, Ari Y.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Radio
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Identität & Biographien
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Fernsehen & Rundfunk
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Ari Y. Kelman is Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of California, Davis.