@article{1439067,
      recid = {1439067},
      author = {Glynn, Stephen,},
      title = {The British boxing film /},
      pages = {1 online resource :},
      abstract = {This book constitutes the first full volume dedicated to  an academic analysis of the sport of boxing as depicted in  British film. Through close textual analysis, production  and reception histories and readings that establish social,  cultural and political contexts, the book explores the ways  in which prizefighters, amateur boxers, managers and  supporters (from Regency gentry to East End gangsters) are  represented on the British screen. Exploring a complex and  controversial sport, it addresses not only the  pain-versus-reward dilemma that boxing necessarily  engenders but also the frequently censorious attitude of  those in authority with boxings social development  facilitating a wider study around issues of class, gender  and race, latterly contesting the whole notion of  Britishness. Varying in scope from Northern circuit  comedies to London-based ladsploitation films, from auteur  entries by Alfred Hitchcock to programme fillers by E.J.  Fancey, the boxing film also serves as a prism through  which one can trace major historical shifts in the British  film industry Stephen Glynn lectures in Film and Television  at De Montfort University, UK. This volume completes a  trilogy of sports genre studies for Palgrave, following on  from The British Football Film (2018) and The British  Horseracing Film (2019).},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1439067},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74210-2},
}