Radio and the Jews: The Untold Story of How Radio Influenced the Image of Jews - Softcover

Siegel, David S; Siegel, Susan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1593934289 ISBN 13: 9781593934286

Publisher: BearManor Media, 2011

Synopsis

From stereotypes to role models, Radio and the Jews provides the first comprehensive look at how Jews were portrayed on radio from the 1920s to the 1950s. Examines over 100 Jewish themes programs and characters, including comedy, drama, soap opera, religious programs and World War II programs.

About this title

From the Publisher:

From Amos 'n' Andy to the Goldbergs to Life With Luigi, ethnic, religious and racial stereotypes were a part of radio from the 1920s through the mid 1950s. Radio and the Jews examines how Jews were portrayed on the airwaves and how those images influenced what middle America throught about Jews.

The book includes both positive and negative stereotypes and models; discusses several long forgotten series; examines the controversy over the use of the Yiddish dialect to identify Jewish characters;why some Jewish secular organizations objected to certain programs and tried to force them off the air; and how the airwaves were used to spread the anti-Semitic message of people like Father Charles Coughlin and Gerald L. K. Smith.

About the Author:

David S. Siegel has been collecting golden age of radio broadcasts, books and ephemera for other 40 years. He is the editor of The Witch's Tale, an anthology of scripts about a 1930s horror program and co-author of Flashgun Casey, Crime Photograhper and co-author, with his wife, Susan Siegel, of two major golden age of radio reference books: A Resource Guide to the Golden Age of Radio: Special Collections, Bibliography and the Internet and Radio Scripts in Print: Books Featuring 1,700 Golden Age of Radio Scripts.

About this edition

• Publisher: BearManor Media
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1593934289
• ISBN 13: 9781593934286
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 294