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Rock 'n' Roll Jews - Couverture souple

Billig, Prof. Michael

 
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Présentation de l'éditeur

Doc Pomus and Jerry Wexler, Leiber and Stoller, Alan Freed and Bert Berns, Phil Spector and Carole King, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Lou Read... we've always known that Jewish played a central part in the history of rock, as songwriters, composers, producers... that this book does is to wonder why. Rock'n'Roll Jews makes us rethink popular music history. Michael Billig traces the continuities between Tin Pan Alley and rhythm'n'blues. He reminds us of the ways in which the complex relationship of Blacks and Jews shaped twentieth century American entertainment.

Biographie de l'auteur

Michael Billig is Professor of Social Sciences at Loughborough University. His previous books include Talking of the Royal Family, Banal Nationalism, Fascists and Freudian Repression.

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