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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787906803321

Titolo

Muscling in on new worlds : Jews, sport, and the making of the Americas / / edited by Raanan Rein, David M.K. Sheinin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands : , : BRILL, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

90-04-28449-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Jewish Latin America: Issues and Methods, , 2211-0968 ; ; Volume 5

Disciplina

796.089924

Soggetti

Jews - Sports - History

Jews - Sports - United States - History

Jews - Sports - Argentina - History

Jewish athletes - History

Sports - Social aspects

Jews - Identity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Muscling in on New Worlds brings together a dynamic new collection of studies that approach sport as a window into Jewish identity formation in the Americas. Articles address football/soccer, yoga, boxing, and other sports as crucial points of Jewish interaction with other communities and as vehicles for reconciling the legacy of immigration and Jewish distinctiveness in new world national and regional contexts"--Provided by publisher.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / Raanan Rein and David M.K. Sheinin -- Introduction: Making an Adjustment / David M. K. Sheinin and Raanan Rein -- What Ray Arcell Saw in the Shower: Víctor Galíndez, Mike Rossman, and the Two Fights that Put an End to Jewish Boxing / David M.K. Sheinin -- “My Bobeh was Praying and Suffering for Atlanta”: Family, Food and Language among the Jewish-Argentine Fans of the Club Atlético Atlanta / Raanan Rein -- Adaptations of Yoga: Jewish Interpretations / Eleanor F. Odenheimer , Rebecca Buchanan and Tanya Prewitt -- The Clothes They Wear and the Time They Keep: The Orthodox Athletes’ Tests of Tolerance in Contemporary America / Jeffrey S. Gurock -- Jews, Sport, and the Construction of an American



Identity / Gerald R. Gems -- The Macho-Mensch: Modeling American Jewish Masculinity and the Heroes of Baseball / Rebecca T. Alpert -- Muscles, Mimicry, Menschlikyat, and Madagascar: Jews, Sport, and Nature in us Cinema / Nathan Abrams -- Jewishness and Sports: The Case for Latin American Fiction / Alejandro Meter -- Redefining Jewish Athleticism: New Approaches and Research Directions / Ari Sclar -- Bibliography / Raanan Rein and David M.K. Sheinin -- Index / Raanan Rein and David M.K. Sheinin.

Sommario/riassunto

Muscling in on New Worlds brings together a dynamic new collection of studies that approach sport as a window into Jewish identity formation in the Americas. Articles address football/soccer, yoga, boxing, and other sports as crucial points of Jewish interaction with other communities and as vehicles for reconciling the legacy of immigration and Jewish distinctiveness in new world national and regional contexts.