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Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship by Jack Kugelmass

Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship by Jack Kugelmass

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Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship

Author(s): Jack Kugelmass
Pub: University of Illinois Press
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ISBN: 9780252073243 - New
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography, Sports, History, Jewish, United States, Political Science, Civics & Citizenship, Religion

17mm x 228mm x 153mm

Publication: 2 January 2007

Pages: 232

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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