The Cambridge companion to boxing / edited by Gerald Early, Washington University, St Louis.
Early, Gerald Lyn, editor.
2019
GV1121 .C34 2019 (Mapit)
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Title
The Cambridge companion to boxing / edited by Gerald Early, Washington University, St Louis.
ISBN
9781107058019 (hardcover)
1107058015 (hardcover)
9781107631205 (paperback)
1107631203 (paperback)
Published
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Language
English
Description
xliv, 352 pages ; 24 cm.
Call Number
GV1121 .C34 2019
Dewey Decimal Classification
796.83
Summary
While humans have used their hands to engage in combat since the dawn of man, boxing originated in Ancient Greece as an Olympic event. It is one of the most popular, controversial and misunderstood sports in the world. For its advocates, it is a heroic expression of unfettered individualism. For its critics, it is a depraved and ruthless physical and commercial exploitation of mostly poor young men. This Companion offers engaging and informative essays about the social impact and historical importance of the sport of boxing. It includes a comprehensive chronology of the sport, listing all the important events and personalities. Essays examine topics such as women in boxing, boxing and the rise of television, boxing in Africa, boxing and literature, and boxing and Hollywood films. A unique book for scholars and fans alike, this Companion explores the sport from its inception in Ancient Greece to the death of its most celebrated figure, Muhammad Ali.
Note
While humans have used their hands to engage in combat since the dawn of man, boxing originated in Ancient Greece as an Olympic event. It is one of the most popular, controversial and misunderstood sports in the world. For its advocates, it is a heroic expression of unfettered individualism. For its critics, it is a depraved and ruthless physical and commercial exploitation of mostly poor young men. This Companion offers engaging and informative essays about the social impact and historical importance of the sport of boxing. It includes a comprehensive chronology of the sport, listing all the important events and personalities. Essays examine topics such as women in boxing, boxing and the rise of television, boxing in Africa, boxing and literature, and boxing and Hollywood films. A unique book for scholars and fans alike, this Companion explores the sport from its inception in Ancient Greece to the death of its most celebrated figure, Muhammad Ali.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Early, Gerald Lyn, editor.
Series
Cambridge companions to literature.
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Boxing in the ancient world / Byron J. Nakamura
The bare-knuckle era / Elliott J. Gorn
Jem Mace and the making of modern boxing / Adam Chill
Race and boxing in the nineteenth century / Louis Moore
Joe Gans and his contemporaries :tThe contest for supremacy in the Queensberry realm / Colleen Aycock
Dempsey-Tunney, Tunney-Greb, and the Roaring Twenties / Carlo Rotella
Prime (and crime) time : boxing in the 1950s / Troy Rondinone
The Africans : boxing and Africa / Adeyinka Makinde
A century of fighting Latinos : from the margins to the mainstream / Benita Heiskanen
Women's boxing : bout time / Cathy van Ingen
Jews in twentieth century boxing / Steven A. Riess
A surprising dearth of top English-born Jewish fighters in the bareknuckle era / Tony Gee
Joe Louis : "you should have seen him then" / Randy Roberts
Sugar Ray Robinson's furious beauty / Wil Haygood
Echoes from the jungle : Muhammad Ali in the early 70s / Lewis Erenberg
The unusable champions : Sonny Liston (1962-1964) and Larry Holmes (1978-1985) / Michael Ezra
Emile Griffith : an underrated champion / Mark Scott
Pierce Egan, boxing, and British nationalism / Adam Chill
Jose Torres : the boxer as writer / Adeyinka Makinde
"Well, what was it really like?" : George Plimpton, Norman Mailer, and the heavyweights / Kasia Boddy
Jack London and the great white hopes of boxing literature / Scott D. Emmert
Body and soul of the screen boxer / Leger Grindon
Black slaver : Jack Johnson and the Mann Act / Rebecca Wanzo
Yesternow : Jack Johnson, documentary film, and the politics of jazz / Benjamin Cawthra
Opera in the ring / Rosalind Early
The voice of boxing : a brief history of American broadcasting ringside / Colleen Aycock
Ralph Wiley's surprising serenity / Shelley Fisher Fishkin
Muhammad Ali, King of the inauthentic / Gerald Early.

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