The Pussycat Of Prizefighting
DOWNLOAD
AUDIOBOOK
READ ONLINE
Download The Pussycat Of Prizefighting PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get The Pussycat Of Prizefighting book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
The Pussycat Of Prizefighting
DOWNLOAD
AUDIOBOOK
READ ONLINE
Author : Andrew M. Kaye
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2007-04-01
The Pussycat Of Prizefighting written by Andrew M. Kaye and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In 1926, Atlanta's Theodore “Tiger” Flowers became the first African-American boxer to win the world middleweight title. The next year, he was dead. More than an account of Flowers's remarkable achievements, the book is a penetrating analysis of the cultural and historical currents that defined the terms of Flowers's success. Through the prism of prizefighting, the author reveals the personal cost African-Americans faced as they attempted to earn black respect while escaping white hostility.
The Pussycat Of Prizefighting
DOWNLOAD
AUDIOBOOK
READ ONLINE
Author : Andrew M. Kaye
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2007-04-01
The Pussycat Of Prizefighting written by Andrew M. Kaye and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In 1926, Atlanta's Theodore “Tiger” Flowers became the first African-American boxer to win the world middleweight title. The next year, he was dead. More than an account of Flowers's remarkable achievements, the book is a penetrating analysis of the cultural and historical currents that defined the terms of Flowers's success. Through the prism of prizefighting, the author reveals the personal cost African-Americans faced as they attempted to earn black respect while escaping white hostility.
A Tiger In The Ring And A Pussycat Outside
DOWNLOAD
AUDIOBOOK
READ ONLINE
Author : Andrew M. Kaye
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
A Tiger In The Ring And A Pussycat Outside written by Andrew M. Kaye and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with African American boxers categories.
This thesis considers popular attitudes towards black prize fighters as a means of analyzing America's racial climate. Boxers have frequently symbolized wider societal issues, challenging the status and perception of the minority groups they represent. The author focuses on the South, from prizefighting during slavery up to the point when Joe Louis received national acclaim. Atlanta, Georgia is presented as a case study of the complex, biracial attitudes to fighters and their connection to developments in race relations. Atlanta's reactions to the notorious heavyweight Jack Johnson and to the homegrown black champion, "Tiger" Flowers, are examined in detail. The significance of several other prominent black boxers is discussed, as are various forms of fighting involving blacks, in particular "battle royals".
Prizefighting And Civilization
DOWNLOAD
AUDIOBOOK
READ ONLINE
Author : David C. LaFevor
language : en
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Release Date : 2020-05-01
Prizefighting And Civilization written by David C. LaFevor and has been published by University of New Mexico Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-01 with History categories.
In Prizefighting and Civilization: A Cultural History of Boxing, Race, and Masculinity in Mexico and Cuba, 1840–1940, historian David C. LaFevor traces the history of pugilism in Mexico and Cuba from its controversial beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century through its exponential rise in popularity during the early twentieth century. A divisive subculture that was both a profitable blood sport and a contentious public spectacle, boxing provides a unique vantage point from which LaFevor examines the deeper historical evolution of national identity, everyday normative concepts of masculinity and race, and an expanding and democratizing public sphere in both Mexico and Cuba, the United States’ closest Latin American neighbors. Prizefighting and Civilization explores the processes by which boxing—once considered an outlandish purveyor of low culture—evolved into a nationalized pillar of popular culture, a point of pride that transcends gender, race, and class.
More Than A Game
DOWNLOAD
AUDIOBOOK
READ ONLINE
Author : David K. Wiggins
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2018-10-01
More Than A Game written by David K. Wiggins and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-01 with History categories.
More than a Game discusses how African American men and women sought to participate in sport and what that participation meant to them, the African American community, and the United States more generally. Recognizing the complicated history of race in America and how sport can both divide and bring people together, the book chronicles the ways in which African Americans overcame racial discrimination to achieve success in an institution often described as America's only true meritocracy. African Americans have often glorified sport, viewing it as one of the few ways they can achieve a better life. In reality, while some African Americans found fame and fortune in sport, most struggled just to participate – let alone succeed at the highest levels of sport. Thus, the book has two basic themes. It discusses the varied experiences of African Americans in sport and how their participation has both reflected and changed views of race.
Boxing
DOWNLOAD
AUDIOBOOK
READ ONLINE
Author : Gerald R. Gems
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2014-03-13
Boxing written by Gerald R. Gems and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-13 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Sports fans have long been fascinated with boxing and the brutal demonstration of physical and psychological conflict. Accounts of the sport appear as far back as the third millennium BC, and Greek and Roman sculptors depicted the athletic ideals of the ancient era in the form of boxers. In the present day, boxers such as Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Sugar Ray Robinson, Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao, and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. are recognized throughout the world. Boxing films continue to resonate with audiences, from the many Rocky movies to Raging Bull, The Fighter, Million Dollar Baby, and Ali. In Boxing: A Concise History of the Sweet Science, Gerald R. Gems provides a succinct yet wide ranging treatment of the sport, covering boxing’s ancient roots and its evolution, modernization, and global diffusion. The book not only includes a historical account of boxing, but also explores such issues as social class, race, ethnic rivalries, religious influences, gender issues, and the growth of female boxing. The current debates over the moral and ethical issues relative to the sport are also discussed. While the primary coverage of the political, social, and cultural impacts of boxing focuses on the United States, Gems’ examination encompasses the sport on a global level, as well. Covering important issues and events in the history of boxing and featuring numerous photographs, Boxing: A Concise History of the Sweet Science will be of interest to boxing fans, historians, scholars, and those wanting to learn more about the sport.
The Nelson Wolgast Fight And The San Francisco Boxing Scene 1900 1914
DOWNLOAD
AUDIOBOOK
READ ONLINE
Author : Arne K. Lang
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-01-10
The Nelson Wolgast Fight And The San Francisco Boxing Scene 1900 1914 written by Arne K. Lang and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-10 with Sports & Recreation categories.
During the early years of the 20th century, San Francisco promoters served up boxing's grandest spectacles. On February 22, 1910, a crowd of more than 15,000 braved chilly, rainy conditions to witness one such match, pitting lightweight champion "Battling" Nelson against Ad Wolgast. That epic battle came to stand virtually unchallenged as the most brutal fight of all time. This volume recaptures that historic fight while vividly illuminating the geographic, historic, and political forces that made it all possible. In chronicling these colorful boxers and their vibrant era, this work also reveals the dangers faced by workman pugilists like Nelson and Wolgast, making their tale, at its heart, a cautionary one.
Historicizing The Pan American Games
DOWNLOAD
AUDIOBOOK
READ ONLINE
Author : Bruce Kidd
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-04-19
Historicizing The Pan American Games written by Bruce Kidd and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-19 with Political Science categories.
The Pan-American Games, begun officially in 1951 in Buenos Aires and held in every region of the western hemisphere, have become one of the largest multi-sport games in the world. 6,132 athletes from 41 countries competed in 48 sports in the 2015 Games in Toronto, Canada. The Games are simultaneously an avenue for the spread of the Olympic Movement across the Americas, a stage for competing ideologies of Pan-American unity, and an occasion for host city infrastructural stimulus and economic development. And yet until this volume, the Games have never been studied as a single entity from a scholarly viewpoint. Historicizing the Pan-American Games presents 12 original articles on the Games. Topics range from the origins of the Games in the period between the world wars, to their urban, hemispheric and cultural legacies, to the policy implications of specific Games for international sport. The entire collection is set against the shifting economic, social, political, cultural, sporting and artistic contexts of the turbulent western hemisphere. Historicizing the Pan-American Games makes a significant contribution to the literature on major games, Olympic sport and sport in the western hemisphere. This book was previously published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport.
Routledge Companion To Sports History
DOWNLOAD
AUDIOBOOK
READ ONLINE
Author : S. W. Pope
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2009-12-17
Routledge Companion To Sports History written by S. W. Pope and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-17 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Presents comprehensive guidance to the international field of sports history as it has developed as an academic area of study. This book guides readers through the development of the field across a range of thematic and geographical contexts. It is suitable for researchers and students in, and entering, the sports history field.
Prizefighting
DOWNLOAD
AUDIOBOOK
READ ONLINE
Author : Arne K. Lang
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-09-17
Prizefighting written by Arne K. Lang and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-17 with Sports & Recreation categories.
This work brings a fresh perspective to the history of modern prizefighting, a sport which has evolved over several centuries to become one of mankind's most lasting and valued sporting attractions. With his primary focus outside the ropes, the author shows how organizers, publicity agents, and political allies overcame both legal and moral roadblocks to make fisticuffing a lively commercial enterprise. The book begins with the clandestine bare-knuckle fights in eighteenth-century London, and ends with the vibrant, large-scale productions of modern Las Vegas "fight nights." Along the way, he explains many of the myths about antiquarian prizefighters, describes the origins of slave fight folklore, and examines the forces that transformed Las Vegas into the world's leading venue for important fights.