5 “Melancholy Blues”: Making Jews Sacred in African American Music

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: The Languages of Black-Jewish Relations 1
5. 1 “Yiddle on Your Fiddle”: The Culture of Black-Jewish Relations 16
6. 2 “I Used to Be Color Blind”: The Racialness of Jewish Men 60
7. 13 “Swanee Ripples”: From Blackface to White Negro 95
8. 4 “Lift Ev’ry Voice”: African American Music and the Nation 141
9. 5 “Melancholy Blues”: Making Jews Sacred in African American Music 165
10. Epilogue: The Lasting Power of Black-Jewish Relations 197
11. Notes 209
12. Index 267