Muscling in on new worlds : Jews, sport, and the making of the Americas /

"Muscling in on New Worlds brings together a dynamic new collection of studies that approach sport as a window into Jewish identity formation in the Americas. Articles address football/soccer, yoga, boxing, and other sports as crucial points of Jewish interaction with other communities and as v...

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Other Authors: Rein, Raanan, 1960- (Editor), Sheinin, David (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014]
Series:Jewish Latin America (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 5.
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Online Access:CONNECT
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Summary:"Muscling in on New Worlds brings together a dynamic new collection of studies that approach sport as a window into Jewish identity formation in the Americas. Articles address football/soccer, yoga, boxing, and other sports as crucial points of Jewish interaction with other communities and as vehicles for reconciling the legacy of immigration and Jewish distinctiveness in new world national and regional contexts"--Provided by publisher
Item Description:EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 203 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004284494
9004284494