The boxing gym as masculine space. Issue 3 (2nd July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Scott, David
• Is Part Of: Sport in history. Volume 40:Issue 3(2020)
• Page Start: 356
• Page End: 369
• Publication Date: 2020-07-02
• Subjects: Boxing -- masculinity -- place -- space -- gender; Sports -- History -- Periodicals; 796.09
• DOI: 10.1080/17460263.2020.1735498
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1746-0263

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This paper is divided into five parts. Parts I and II place the discussion in the context of anthropological spaces and more specifically sports spaces, including discussion of the extent to which these may be gendered. Part III focuses on the question of the nature of masculinity, while Part IV investigates the status of boxing as expression of masculine identity. Part V looks further into boxing and the spaces of boxing as an expression of modern masculinity, with part VI considering women's recent appropriation of pugilism. The paper finishes with a brief reflection leading to the conclusion that although the boxing gym remains a masculine space it is no longer an exclusively male preserve.