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Hardcover Beyond Stereotypes: American Jews and Sports Book

ISBN: 1557536996

ISBN13: 9781557536990

Beyond Stereotypes: American Jews and Sports

(Part of the The Jewish Role in American Life: An Annual Review Series)

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...

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