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Prizefighting and civilization : a cultural history of boxing, race, and masculinity in Mexico and Cuba, 1840-1940

Title
Prizefighting and civilization : a cultural history of boxing, race, and masculinity in Mexico and Cuba, 1840-1940 / David C. LaFevor.
Author
LaFevor, David C.
Publication
  • Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2020]
  • ©2020

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Description
x, 288 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
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.
Subject
  • Boxing > Mexico > History
  • Boxing > Cuba > History
  • Boxing > Social aspects > Mexico
  • Boxing > Social aspects > Cuba
  • Masculinity in sports > Mexico > History
  • Masculinity in sports > Cuba > History
  • Racism in sports
  • Boxing
  • Boxing > Social aspects
  • Masculinity in sports
  • Cuba
  • Mexico
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-283) and index.
Contents
-- Preface -- Acknowledgments: Journeyman Research and the Sweet Science -- Chapter 1. Introduction: The Problem of Prizefighting in Cuba and Mexico -- Chapter 2. Prizefighting and Civilization in the Mexican Public Sphere in the Nineteenth Century -- Chapter 3. "Who Will Say We Are Not Progressing": Cuba, Race, and Boxing in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries -- Chapter 4. "Nigger" Prizefighters in Havana: The Transnational Spectacle of Race and Boxing -- Chapter 5. "The Revolution Came and Passed Out Gloves to Everyone." -- Chapter 6. Marching at the Head of Civilization -- Conclusion: Legacies of Domesticating the Exotic in Cuba and Mexico -- Notes -- Bibliography - Index.
Call Number
Sc E 21-278
ISBN
  • 0826361587
  • 9780826361585
OCLC
1124978331
Author
LaFevor, David C., author.
Title
Prizefighting and civilization : a cultural history of boxing, race, and masculinity in Mexico and Cuba, 1840-1940 / David C. LaFevor.
Publisher
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2020]
Copyright Date
©2020
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-283) and index.
Local Note
AUTH: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, ARLINGTON. EXAMINES ROLE OF BOXING IN NATIONAL IDENTITIES, ETC.
Research Call Number
Sc E 21-278
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