So easily assimilated: the new immigrant chic

Last year, a friend drew my attention to the lyrics of a famous song in Leonard Bernstein’s Candide, the composer’s first attempt in 1956 to write the “Great American Opera.” The song, “I Am Easily Assimilated,” remains one of the best-loved musical numbers from the play and includes the following l...

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Main Author: Rovner, Adam 1970- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: University of Pennsylvania Press [2006]
In: AJS review
Year: 2006, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 313-324
Further subjects:B Jewish Culture
B Cultural assimilation
B Jewish literature
B Judaism
B Jewish Identity
B Novels
B Jewish migration
B Jewish Americans
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