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Author Thrasher, Christopher David, author

Title Fight sports and American masculinity : salvation in violence from 1607 to the present / Christopher David Thrasher
Published Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 291 pages)
Contents Cover -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Global Fight Sports from Prehistory to 1607 -- I. "To Cut Out the Tongue or Pull Out the Eyes": Fight Sports in the Americas, 1607-1810 -- II. "A Boxing We Will Go": Boxing Takes Root in the United States, 1810-1915 -- III. "With the Energy of a Trip- Hammer and the Vehemence of a Sioux": Asian Martial Arts Come to the United States, 1850-1941 -- IV. "We Live in Our Heroes": Boxing Reigns Supreme in the United States, 1915-1941 -- V. "Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting": Asian Martial Arts Gain Unprecedented Popularity in the United States, 1941-1981 -- VI. "We Shall Not Stand by Helplessly": The Birth of Mixed Martial Arts, 1981 to the Present -- Chapter Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary "Throughout America's past, some men have feared the descent of their gender into effeminacy, and turned their eyes to the ring in hopes of salvation. This work explains how the dominant fight sports in the United States have changed over time in response to broad shifts in American culture and ideals of manhood"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Hand-to-hand fighting -- United States
Mixed martial arts -- United States
Masculinity -- United States -- History
Masculinity in sports -- United States -- History
Gender identity -- United States -- History
GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
Gender identity
Hand-to-hand fighting
Masculinity
Masculinity in sports
Mixed martial arts
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781476618234
1476618232