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Oy Oy Oy Gevalt! Jews and Punk

Oy Oy Oy Gevalt! Jews and Punk

Croland, Michael

Hardcover

General World HistoryPunkMusic Reference

ISBN10: 1440832196
ISBN13: 9781440832192
Publisher: Praeger
Published: Apr 18 2016
Pages: 216
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Step inside a fascinating world of Jews who relate to their Jewishness through the vehicle of punk--from prominent figures in the history of punk to musicians who proudly put their Jewish identity front and center.

Why did punk--a subculture and music style characterized by a rejection of established norms--appeal to Jews? How did Jews who were genuinely struggling with their Jewish identity find ways to express it through punk rock? Oy Oy Oy Gevalt! Jews and Punk explores the cultural connections between Jews and punk in music and beyond, documenting how Jews were involved in the punk movement in its origins in the 1970s through the present day.

Author Michael Croland begins by broadly defining what the terms Jewish and punk mean. This introduction is followed by an exploration of the various ways these ostensibly incompatible identities can gel together, addressing topics such as Jewish humor, New York City, the Holocaust, individualism, tough Jews, outsider identity, tikkun olam (healing the world), and radicalism. The following chapters discuss prominent Jews in punk, punk rock bands that overtly put their Jewishness on display, and punk influences on other types of Jewish music--for example, klezmer and Hasidic simcha (celebration) music. The book also explores ways that Jewish and punk culture intersect beyond music, including documentaries, young adult novels, zines, cooking, and rabbis.

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