Beyond Stereotypes : American Jews and Sports in the Twentieth Century /
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' supp...
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| Format: | Electrònic eBook |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2015
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| Col·lecció: | Jewish role in American life ;
v. 12. Book collections on Project MUSE. |
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Taula de continguts:
- A stack of Jewish baseball cards : some thoughts on Jews and the roles they have played in the major leagues / Joseph Dorinson
- Racial attitudes toward Jews in the "Negro Leagues" : the case of Effa Manley / Rebecca Alpert
- American Jewish women on the court : seeking an identity in tennis in the early decades of the twentieth century / Linda J. Borish
- Answering to a different authority in sports : the trials of coach Jonathan Halpert and the limits of Yeshiva University's athletic success in basketball / Jeffrey S. Gurock
- "The disadvantage far outweights the benefits" : how the rise and fall of "the Jewish game" at the 92nd Street YMHA exemplified Jewish conceptions of athleticism / Ari F. Sclar
- From suburbanites to sabras and back : how Jewish Americans established lacross in Israel / Neil Kramer.