{"product_id":"gravity-fails-james-d-bloom-9780275977207","title":"Gravity Fails: The Comic Jewish Shaping of Modern America","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe comedic work of the children of modern Jewish immigrants overturned the prevailing languages and imageries with which an Anglocentric United States had traditionally represented and expanded itself. In  IGravity Fails: The Comic Jewish Shaping of Modern America R, James D. Bloom approaches these developments by first surveying this transformation as it affected literature, entertainment, commerce, and politics, and then offers sharply focused chapters that look at changes in sexual candor, reactions to the Holocaust, and critiques of race. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIndeed, the personae discussed here pioneered unprecedented candor toward and scrutiny about sex and violence, and no other book delves as deeply or as widely among art forms, media, and levels of cultural hierarchy. Including considerations of the work of such diverse artists as Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Lenny Bruce, Gilda Radner, Philip Roth, Jerry Seinfeld, and Stephen Sondheim, \u003ci\u003eGravity Fails\u003c\/i\u003e provides a unique, penetrating, and hilarious look at a major force in the progress of American culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James D. Bloom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 027597720X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780275977207\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.56h x 6.44w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2004 pg. 891","brand":"James D. Bloom","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086460530943,"sku":"9780275977207","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2905594b-f5cf-4845-9248-acc52fd70171.jpg?v=1769094807","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gravity-fails-james-d-bloom-9780275977207","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}