Beyond Stereotypes : American Jews and Sports

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sclar, Ari F.

Contributor:

Sclar, Ari

Series:

The jewish role in american life: an annual review

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish athletes--United States.

Jews--Sports--United States.

Jews--United States--Identity.

Local Subjects:

Jewish athletes--United States.

Jews--Sports--United States.

Jews--United States--Identity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

: Purdue University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

""Cover Page""; ""Halftitle Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""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""""“The Disadvantage Far Outweighs the Benefits�: How the Rise and Fall of “the Jewish Game� at the 92nd Street YMHA Exemplified Jewish Conceptions of Athleticism""; ""From 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""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781612493565

1612493564

OCLC:

908512523

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access