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



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Titolo: Muscling in on new worlds : Jews, sport, and the making of the Americas / / edited by Raanan Rein, David M.K. Sheinin Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Leiden, Netherlands : , : BRILL, , 2014
©2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
Disciplina: 796.089924
Soggetto topico: Jews - Sports - History
Jews - Sports - United States - History
Jews - Sports - Argentina - History
Jewish athletes - History
Sports - Social aspects
Jews - Identity
Persona (resp. second.): ReinRaanan <1960->
SheininDavid
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Muscling in on new worlds  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 90-04-28449-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910787906803321
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Serie: Jewish Latin America (Leiden, Netherlands) ; ; Volume 5.