The Urban Geography of Boxing : Race, Class, and Gender in the Ring /

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This book is an interdisciplinary cultural examination of twenty-first century boxing as a professional sport, a bodily labor, a lucrative business, a popular entertainment, and an instrument of ideology. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and interviews conducted with Latino boxers, women boxers, and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Heiskanen, Benita
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Colección:Routledge research in sport, culture and society.
Temas:
Boxing > Social aspects > United States.
Boxing > Social aspects > Cross-cultural studies.
Sociology, Urban.
Boxe > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Boxe > Aspect social > Études transculturelles.
Sociologie urbaine.
urban sociology.
Boxing > Social aspects
Sociology, Urban
United States
Cross-cultural studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; The Urban Geography of Boxing; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. On the Barrio's Ropes; 2. Wo/Manly Art at the Gym; 3. Business is Business Backdoors; 4. The Limelight of the Ring; 5. Through the Media's Lens; 6. Politicking in Combat Zones; 7. The Ivory Tower in the Real World; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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