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Fight sports and American masculinity : salvation in violence from 1607 to the present /

"Throughout America's past, some men have feared the descent of their gender into effeminacy, and turned their eyes to the ring in hopes of salvation. This work explains how the dominant fight sports in the United States have changed over time in response to broad shifts in American cultur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thrasher, Christopher David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., [2015]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Global Fight Sports from Prehistory to 1607 -- I. "To Cut Out the Tongue or Pull Out the Eyes": Fight Sports in the Americas, 1607-1810 -- II. "A Boxing We Will Go": Boxing Takes Root in the United States, 1810-1915 -- III. "With the Energy of a Trip- Hammer and the Vehemence of a Sioux": Asian Martial Arts Come to the United States, 1850-1941 -- IV. "We Live in Our Heroes": Boxing Reigns Supreme in the United States, 1915-1941 -- V. "Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting": Asian Martial Arts Gain Unprecedented Popularity in the United States, 1941-1981 -- VI. "We Shall Not Stand by Helplessly": The Birth of Mixed Martial Arts, 1981 to the Present -- Chapter Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 
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