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Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship

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Description for Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship Paperback. How sports can provide a path toward citizenship for minority populations Editor(s): Kugelmass, Jack. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSR1; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
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.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252073243
SKU
V9780252073243
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Ref
99-1

About Kugelmass
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.

Reviews for Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship
"These essays are based on history and anthropology but they also offer a compelling analysis of modernity. . . . Citizenship and nationhood cannot be divorced from both the physical and the intellectual attributes of a group, which these authors clearly convey."
Contemporary Jewish Life "The eleven essays present some interesting topics and research."
Choice "What makes this collection significant is that ... Read more

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