Globalizing boxing

by Woodward, Kath

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Title Statements

Full title :Globalizing boxing / Kath Woodward.

Summary

Boxing is a traditional sport in many ways, characterized by continuities in the form of practices and regulations and heavy with legends and heroes reflecting its traditional/historical values. Associations with class, hegemonic masculinity and racialized inclusions/exclusions, however, sit alongside developments such as women's boxing and involvement in Mixed Martial Arts. This book will be the first to use boxing as a vehicle for exploring social, cultural and political change in a global context. It will consider to what degree and in what ways it reflects social transformations, and whether and how it contributes to those transformations in the contexts in which it operates. In exploring the relationship it will provide new ways of thinking critically about the everyday.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Bloomsbury
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

Description:ix, 182 pages ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1849668108, 9781849668101
oclc:ocn869519814
LC Classification:GV1136.8
Dewey Decimal:796.83

Cover; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Boxing Going Global; 2 Traditions and Histories: Connections and Disconnections; 3 Movements and Mobilities; 4 Cultural Economies of Scale; 5 Boxing Bodies and Everyday Routines; 6 Inside and Outside the Ring; 7 Transforming the Fight Game; 8 Conclusion: G/local Boxing; Note; References; Index