Embodying the Revolution: The Hebrew Experience and the Globalization of Modern Sports in Interwar Palestine - Paperback
by Ofer Idels
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Rutgers University PressISBN-13:9781978844452ISBN-10:197884445XUPC:9781978844452Book Category:History, Social Science, Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Middle East, Jewish Studies, Cultural & Social AspectsBook Topic:Israel & PalestineSize:8.94 x 6.12 x 0.46 inchesWeight:0.5401Product ID:SCB2DRVF7Q
Embodying the Revolution: The Hebrew Experience and the Globalization of Modern Sports in Interwar Palestine
This original and thought-provoking study offers a fresh perspective on Zionism by exploring Hebrew culture's ambivalent attitude toward modern sports. Drawing on extensive archival sources and contemporary literary theories, it focuses on Zionism's surprising anxiety toward sports during the interwar heyday of "muscular Judaism," revealing an unusual society in which athletes failed to attain...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Rutgers University PressISBN-13:9781978844452ISBN-10:197884445XUPC:9781978844452Book Category:History, Social Science, Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Middle East, Jewish Studies, Cultural & Social AspectsBook Topic:Israel & PalestineSize:8.94 x 6.12 x 0.46 inchesWeight:0.5401Product ID:SCB2DRVF7Q
OFER IDELS is the Jenny Belzberg Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Calgary, Canada. He is the author of Zionism: Emotions, Language and Experience.
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