Globalizing Boxing

Nonfiction, Sports, Boxing, Reference, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
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Author: Professor of Sociology Kath Woodward ISBN: 9781849667999
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: February 13, 2014
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Language: English
Author: Professor of Sociology Kath Woodward
ISBN: 9781849667999
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: February 13, 2014
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English

Boxing is a traditional sport in many ways, characterized by continuities in the form of practices and regulations and heavy with legends and heroes reflecting its traditional/historical values. Associations with class, hegemonic masculinity and racialized inclusions/exclusions, however, sit alongside developments such as women's boxing and involvement in Mixed Martial Arts.
This book will be the first to use boxing as a vehicle for exploring social, cultural and political change in a global context. It will consider to what degree and in what ways boxing reflects social transformations, and whether and how it contributes to those transformations. In exploring the relationship it will provide new ways of thinking critically about the everyday.

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Boxing is a traditional sport in many ways, characterized by continuities in the form of practices and regulations and heavy with legends and heroes reflecting its traditional/historical values. Associations with class, hegemonic masculinity and racialized inclusions/exclusions, however, sit alongside developments such as women's boxing and involvement in Mixed Martial Arts.
This book will be the first to use boxing as a vehicle for exploring social, cultural and political change in a global context. It will consider to what degree and in what ways boxing reflects social transformations, and whether and how it contributes to those transformations. In exploring the relationship it will provide new ways of thinking critically about the everyday.

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