Boxing, narrative and culture : critical perspectives /: critical perspectives. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Sarah Crews, P. Solomon Lennox.
• Editors: Crews, Sarah; Lennox, P. Solomon
• Contents: Introduction Sarah Crews and P. Solomon Lennox Part 1: Serious athletes and the politics of community Increasing visibility and the (re)presentation of female boxers in print media Paige Schneider Influencer boxing: authenticity and the quest for redemption P. Solomon Lennox Ducking and diving: why boxing clubs hit the targets other sports cannot reach in deprived communities David Barrett, Lee Edmondson, Robbie Millar and P. Solomon Lennox Narratives of struggle: boxing, gender and community Supriya Chaudhuri Practicing otherwise: feminist boxing challenges mainstream narratives of combat sports Elisa Virgili Reflections on empowerment of women in boxing from athletes and coaches in Norway Female Box Anne Tjønndal Part 2: (De)constructing self, to be somebody Trans boxing: a boxing club, an art project Nolan Hanson and Zac Easterling Katie Taylor: complicating a boxing identity Emma Calow Letting down the team? Individualism, selfishness and kinship in women’s boxing Sarah Crews Alfonso ‘Mosquito’ Zvenyika and the dominant narratives on boxing in post-colonial Zimbabwe Manase Kudzai Chiweshe and Gerald Dandah The political symbolism of Mary Kom from the Manipuri autobiography to the Indian blockbuster Myriam Mellouli Turn the volume up! Boxing hearts and beats Kristina Országhová Gender transgression in the (trans)national domain: Laura Serrano and women’s boxing in Mexico Marjolein Van Bavel Afterword: boxing and cultural value Sarah Crews and P. Solomon Lennox
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (220 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 796.83; Boxing -- Social aspects; Boxing in mass media
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000970227
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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