ISBN:
9781612493558
,
1612493556
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (165 pages)
,
illustrations
Series Statement:
Jewish Role in American Life Volume 12
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Beyond stereotypes : American Jews and sports
Keywords:
Jewish athletes
;
Jews Sports
;
Jews Identity
;
Juifs - Sports - États-Unis
;
Juifs - États-Unis - Identité
;
SPORTS & RECREATION - History
;
Jewish athletes
;
Jews - Identity
;
Jews - Sports
;
United States
Abstract:
In the decades after the Civil War, sports slowly gained a prominent position within American culture. This development provided Jews with opportunities to participate in one of the few American cultures not closed off to them. Jewish athleticism challenged anti-Semitic depictions of Jews supposed physical inferiority while helping to construct a modern American Jewish identity. An Americanization narrative emerged that connected Jewish athleticism with full acceptance and integration into American society. This acceptance was not without struggle, but Jews succeeded and participated in the Am
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Editorial Introduction; A Stack of Jewish Baseball Cards: Some Thoughts on Jews and the Roles They Have Played in the Major Leagues; Racial Attitudes towards Jews in the "Negro Leagues": The Case of Effa Manley; American Jewish Women on the Court: Seeking an Identity in Tennis in the Early Decades of the Twentieth Century; Answering to a Different Authority in Sports: The Trials of Coach Jonathan Halpert and the Limits of Yeshiva University's Athletic Success in Basketball.
Description / Table of Contents:
"The Disadvantage Far Outweighs the Benefits": How the Rise and Fall of "the Jewish Game" at the 92nd Street YMHA Exemplified Jewish Conceptions of AthleticismFrom Suburbanites to Sabras and Back: How Jewish Americans Established Lacrosse in Israel; About the Contributors; The USC Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life.
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