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I fight for a living : boxing and the battle for black manhood, 1880-1915 /
"The black prizefighter labored in one of the few trades where an African American man could win renown: boxing. His prowess in the ring asserted an independence and powerful masculinity rare for black men in a white-dominated society, allowing him to be a man--and thus truly free. Louis Moore...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois,
[2017]
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| Series: | Sport and society.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Bring Home the Bacon: The Black Proletariat and the Prizefighter
- 2 Race Man or Race Menace? Pugilists, Patriarchy, and Pathology
- 3 Black Men and the Business of Boxing
- 4 Colored Championship and Color Lines
- 5 Sambos, Savages, and the Shakiness of Whiteness
- 6 Following the Color Line: Progressive Reform and the Fear of the Black Fighter
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography