Jewhooing the Sixties American Celebrity and Jewish Identity -- Sandy Koufax, Lenny Bruce, Bob Dylan, and Barbra Streisand

Name: Jewhooing the Sixties American Celebrity and Jewish Identity -- Sandy Koufax, Lenny Bruce, Bob Dylan, and Barbra Streisand
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ISBN: 9781611683141

ISBN-10: 1611683149

ISBN-13: 9781611683141

Edition: 2012

Authors: David E. Kaufman

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Sandy Koufax, Lenny Bruce, Bob Dylan, and Barbra Streisand first came to public attention in the early 1960s, a period Kaufman identifies as historically ripe for American Jews to reexamine their (Jewish) identities. All four achieved extraordinary success in their respective fields and became celebrities within an American context, while at the same time they were clearly identifiable as Jews--although they were perceived to be Jewish in very different ways.Kaufman investigates these celebrities' rise to fame, the specific brand of Jewishness each one represented, and how their fans and the public at large perceived their ethnic identity as Jews. Situating Koufax, Bruce, Dylan, and…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
Publication date: 11/13/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.89" long x 0.11" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Preface



Introduction: Jews, Celebrity, and the Early 1960s



Sandy Koufax: Super Jew



Lenny Bruce: Dirty Jew



Bob Dylan: Wandering Jew



Barbar Streisand: Hollywood Jew



Epilogue: Jewhooing into the Twenty-first Century


Notes


Index