UID:
almahu_9949385448102882
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 94 pages) :
,
illustrations
ISBN:
9781000510379
,
1000510379
,
9781003196693
,
1003196691
,
1000510433
,
9781000510430
Series Statement:
Routledge focus on sport, culture and society
Content:
This book is a philosophical and cultural critique of contemporary boxing. It broadens and deepens our understanding of the empirically and normatively entwined complexities of a sport that is often misunderstood and all too easily reduced to stereotypes. Moving between and among work in ethnography, sociology, urban studies and, especially, the philosophy of sport, and drawing on research in boxing gyms in the US, the book presents a stereoscopic view of professional boxing as both situated cultural practice and formalized competitive sport. It takes us inside and outside the ring in discussions of the cultural embeddedness of boxing and boxing gyms, the formation of pugilistic selfhood and boxer cool', the nature and function of combat sport violence and sparring, and the aesthetics and ethics of cornering a boxing match. With its interdisciplinary focus on the empirical and normative dimensions of professional pugilism, On Boxing makes explicit the bittersweetness of the sweet science' and provides a new theoretical framework for analysing boxing and, indeed, sport in general. Written for a broad audience, this is important reading for scholars and students working in the areas of philosophy and sociology of sport and combat sport studies, as well as policy makers, coaches, and commentators engaged in the sport of boxing.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781000510430
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781032018898
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1032018895
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.4324/9781003196693
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003196693
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