
JEWS, SPORTS, AND THE RITES OF CITIZENSHIP
Jack Kugelmass(Editor)
University of Illinois Press
Published on 21. August 2006
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-0-252-03082-6 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-252-03082-6 (9780252030826)
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Persons
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.