To write as a boxer : disability and resignification in the text a South African boxer in Britain /

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This book recuperates the narrative of Andrew Jeptha, a Cape Town-born boxer who was the first black fighter to win a British welterweight title in 1907. As a result of that victory, Jeptha was permanently blinded, and took to preparing a book titled A South African Boxer in Britain (1910). This vol...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Campbell, Kurt (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019.
Temas:
Jeptha, Andrew.
Boxers (Sports) > Great Britain > Biography.
Boxeurs > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Sports.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
Boxers (Sports)
Great Britain.
Biography
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This book recuperates the narrative of Andrew Jeptha, a Cape Town-born boxer who was the first black fighter to win a British welterweight title in 1907. As a result of that victory, Jeptha was permanently blinded, and took to preparing a book titled A South African Boxer in Britain (1910). This volume explores the relationship between the life of a pugilist and his textual production, and locates the complex negotiations of a pugilist by situating Jeptha in a larger arc of the 'care of the self', extending from Greco-Roman aesthetics to the present. In the process, it investigates the strateg.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781527533455
152753345X

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