Boxing, masculinity, and identity the 'I' of the tiger
Boxing is infused with ideas about masculinity, power, race and social class, and as such is an ideal lens through which social scientists can examine key modern themes. In addition, its inherent contradictions of extreme violence and beauty and of discipline and excess have long been a source of in...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Taylor & Francis
2007
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| Series: | Routledge critical studies in sport.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009433697006719 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Masculinity on the ropes? : boxing and gender identities
- Outside in, inside out : routine masculinities
- Boxing bodies and embodied masculinities
- Public stories, personal stories : heroes, celebrity and spectacle
- When the going gets tough : going to the movies
- Conclusion : I could have been a contender.
