Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship

Name: Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship
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ISBN: 9780252073243

ISBN-10: 025207324X

ISBN-13: 9780252073243

Edition: 2006

Authors: Jack Kugelmass

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Showing that sports is significant in constructing nations and in determining their degree of exclusivity, this text brings together the perspectives of anthropologists and historians to provide both methodological and regional comparative frameworks for exploring the meaning of sports for a minority population.

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 1/2/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Entering the Arena



Why Sports?




"How Fiercely That Gentile Rides!": Jews, Horses, and Equestrian Style




Unathletic Department




Sound Bodies, Healthy Nations



National Regeneration in the Ghetto: The Jewish Turnbewegung in Galicia




Zionism, Politics, Hedonism: Sports in Interwar Tel Aviv




Jewish Workers' Sports Movements in Interwar Poland: Shtern and Morgnshtern in Comparative Perspective




Odd Contestants



Sabbath Sport on the Shores of Tripoli: Muscles and Memory among the Jews of Libya




On Matching Unmatchables: Soccer Games between Jews and Muslims in Casablanca




Arab Soccer in a Jewish State




Civilizing the Body



The Shame of the City: CCNY Basketball, 1950-51




The American Orthodox Athlete: From Contradiction in Terms to Institutional Standard-Bearer



Contributors


Index