Muscling in on New Worlds : Jews, sport, and the making of the Americas

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Muscling in on New Worlds : Jews, sport, and the making of the Americas / ed. by Raanan Rein and David M. K. Sheinin

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Rein, Raanan (Editor), Sheinin, David M. K. (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	German
Published:	Leiden : Brill, 2015
Series:	Jewish Latin America 5
Contents/pieces:	10 records

1. Adaptations of yoga : Jewish interpretations

2. Introduction : making an adjustment

3. The clothes they wear and the time they keep : the orthodox athletes' tests of tolerance in contemporary America

4. Jewishness and sports : the case for Latin American fiction

5. The Macho-Mensch : modeling American Jewish masculinity and the heroes of baseball

6. Jews, sport, and the construction of an American identity

7. "My 'Bobeh' was praying and suffering for Atlanta" : family, food and language among the Jewish-Argentine fans of the club "Atlético" Atlanta

8. Redefining Jewish athleticism : new approaches and research directions

9. What Ray Arcell saw in the shower : Victór Galíndez, Mike Rossman, and the two fights that put an end to Jewish boxing

10. Muscles, mimicry, "menschlikyat", and Madagascar : Jews, sport, and nature in US cinema