In this Book
- Sport and the Shaping of Italian-American Identity
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: Syracuse University Press
- Series: Sports and Entertainment
summary
Gems traces the experience of the Italian immigrant and illustrates the ways in which sports helped Italian-Americans adapt to a new culture, assert pride in an ethnic identity, and even achieve social advancement. Employing historical, sociological, and anthropological studies, Gems explores how sports were instrumental in helping notions of identity evolve from the individual to the community, from the racial to the ethnic. In doing so, Sport and the Shaping of Italian-American Identity transcends the study of a particular ethnic group to speak to foundational values and characteristics of the American ethos.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction
- pp. xi-xviii
- 1. The Lack of Identity
- pp. 1-21
- 2. Constructing an Italian Identity
- pp. 22-54
- 3. Winning Whiteness
- pp. 55-101
- 5. Hyphenated Americans
- pp. 141-178
- 6. The Resurgence of Ethnicity
- pp. 179-220
- Bibliography
- pp. 275-302
Additional Information
ISBN
9780815652540
Related ISBN(s)
9780815633419
MARC Record
OCLC
872672611
Pages
336
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No