Todd Samuel Presner

Muscular Judaism (eBook, ePUB)

The Jewish Body and the Politics of Regeneration

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Providing valuable insights into an element of European nationalism and modernist culture, this book explores the development of the 'Zionist body' as opposed to the traditional stereotype of the physically weak, intellectual Jew. It charts the cultural and intellectual history showing how the 'Muscle Jew' developed as a political symbol of national regeneration.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135982256
• Artikelnr.: 38250377

Autorenporträt

Todd Samuel Presner

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The Origins of Muscular Judaism 2. The Rhetoric of
Regeneration: "Clear Heads, Solid Stomachs, and Hard Muscles" 3. The
Aesthetics of Regeneration: Martin Buber, E.M. Lilien, and the Aesthetic
State 4. The Gymnastics of Regeneration: The Anatomo-Politics of the Jewish
Body 5. The Land of Regeneration: Seafaring Jews and the Zionist Colonial
Imaginary 6. Soldiers of Regeneration: The Military Might of Old-New
Maccabees and the Great War. Concluding Remarks