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 boxing reflects social transformations, and whether and how it contributes to those transformations. 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.

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (193 pages).

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781849667982, 1849667985, 9781849667975, 1849667977
oclc:on1125890804
LC Classification:GV1133
Dewey Decimal:306.483

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