Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship

Buch | Softcover

248 Seiten

2007 | New edition
University of Illinois Press (Verlag)
978-0-252-07324-3 (ISBN)

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How sports can provide a path toward citizenship for minority populations

To many, an association between Jews and sports seems almost oxymoronic--yet Jews have been prominent in boxing, basketball, and fencing, and some would argue that hurler Sandy Koufax is America's greatest athlete ever. In Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship, Jack Kugelmass shows that sports--significant in constructing nations and in determining their degree of exclusivity--also figures prominently in the Jewish imaginary. This interdisciplinary collection 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.

Jack Kugelmass is a professor of anthropology and director of the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Florida, Gainesville. He is the author of The Miracle of Intervale Avenue.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.1.2007
Co-Autor	Jack Kugelmass, John Hoberman, Stephen J Whitfield, Joshua Shanes
Verlagsort	Baltimore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	399 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	0-252-07324-X / 025207324X
ISBN-13	978-0-252-07324-3 / 9780252073243
Zustand	Neuware