Todd Samuel Presner: 1 book

Book cover of Muscular Judaism

Muscular Judaism

The Jewish Body and the Politics of Regeneration

by Todd Samuel Presner
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2007

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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