| Description |
1 online resource (231 p.) |
| Series |
Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society Series |
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Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society Series
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1 Serious Athletes and the Politics of Community -- 1 Increasing Visibility and the (Re)presentation of Female Boxers in Print Media -- 2 Influencer Boxing: Authenticity and the Quest for Redemption -- 3 Ducking and Diving: Why Boxing Clubs Hit the Targets Other Sports Cannot Reach in Deprived Communities -- 4 Narratives of Struggle: Boxing, Gender, and Community -- 5 Practicing Otherwise: Feminist Boxing Challenges Mainstream Narratives of Combat Sports |
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6 Reflections on the Empowerment of Women in Boxing from Athletes and Coaches in Norway Female Box -- Part 2 (De)constructing Self, to Be Somebody -- 7 Trans Boxing: A Boxing Club, an Art Project -- 8 Katie Taylor: Complicating a Boxing Identity -- 9 Letting Down the Team? Individualism, Selfishness, and Kinship in Women's Boxing -- 10 Alfonso 'Mosquito' Zvenyika and the Dominant Narratives on Boxing in Post-Colonial Zimbabwe -- 11 Political Symbolism of Mary Kom from the Manipuri Autobiography to the Indian Blockbuster -- 12 Turn the Volume Up! Boxing Hearts and Beats |
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13 Gender Transgression in the (Trans)National Domain: Laura Serrano and Women's Boxing in Mexico -- Afterword: Boxing and Cultural Value -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Boxing -- Social aspects
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Boxing in mass media
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Boxing -- Social aspects.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lennox, P. Solomon
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| ISBN |
9781000970227 |
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1000970221 |
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