Sport and the Shaping of Italian-American Identity

by Gerald Gems and Gerald R. Gems

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815633416
• ISBN13: 9780815633419
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"