Rein, Raanan.
Muscling in on New Worlds : Jews, Sport, and the Making of the Americas. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (217 pages) - Jewish Latin America Ser. ; v.5 . - Jewish Latin America Ser. .
Intro -- Muscling in on New Worlds: Jews, Sport, and the Making of the Americas -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: Making an Adjustment -- 1 What Ray Arcell Saw in the Shower: Víctor Galíndez, Mike Rossman, and the Two Fights that Put an End to Jewish Boxing -- 2 "My Bobeh was Praying and Suffering for Atlanta": Family, Food and Language among the Jewish-Argentine Fans of the Club Atlético Atlanta -- 3 Adaptations of Yoga: Jewish Interpretations -- 4 The Clothes They Wear and the Time They Keep: The Orthodox Athletes' Tests of Tolerance in Contemporary America -- 5 Jews, Sport, and the Construction of an American Identity -- 6 The Macho-Mensch: Modeling American Jewish Masculinity and the Heroes of Baseball -- 7 Muscles, Mimicry, Menschlikyat, and Madagascar: Jews, Sport, and Nature in us Cinema -- 8 Jewishness and Sports: The Case for Latin American Fiction -- 9 Redefining Jewish Athleticism: New Approaches and Research Directions -- Bibliography -- Index.
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.
9789004284494
Jewish athletes -- History.
Jews -- Identity.
Jews -- Sports -- Argentina -- History.
Jews -- Sports -- History.
Jews -- Sports -- United States -- History.
Sports -- Social aspects.
Electronic books.
GV709.6 .M87 2015
796.089924
Muscling in on New Worlds : Jews, Sport, and the Making of the Americas. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (217 pages) - Jewish Latin America Ser. ; v.5 . - Jewish Latin America Ser. .
Intro -- Muscling in on New Worlds: Jews, Sport, and the Making of the Americas -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: Making an Adjustment -- 1 What Ray Arcell Saw in the Shower: Víctor Galíndez, Mike Rossman, and the Two Fights that Put an End to Jewish Boxing -- 2 "My Bobeh was Praying and Suffering for Atlanta": Family, Food and Language among the Jewish-Argentine Fans of the Club Atlético Atlanta -- 3 Adaptations of Yoga: Jewish Interpretations -- 4 The Clothes They Wear and the Time They Keep: The Orthodox Athletes' Tests of Tolerance in Contemporary America -- 5 Jews, Sport, and the Construction of an American Identity -- 6 The Macho-Mensch: Modeling American Jewish Masculinity and the Heroes of Baseball -- 7 Muscles, Mimicry, Menschlikyat, and Madagascar: Jews, Sport, and Nature in us Cinema -- 8 Jewishness and Sports: The Case for Latin American Fiction -- 9 Redefining Jewish Athleticism: New Approaches and Research Directions -- Bibliography -- Index.
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.
9789004284494
Jewish athletes -- History.
Jews -- Identity.
Jews -- Sports -- Argentina -- History.
Jews -- Sports -- History.
Jews -- Sports -- United States -- History.
Sports -- Social aspects.
Electronic books.
GV709.6 .M87 2015
796.089924