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Fight sports and American masculinity : salvation in violence from 1607 to the present / Christopher David Thrasher.

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

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Description
292 pages; 24 cm
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"--
Subject
  • Hand-to-hand fighting > United States > History
  • Sports > United States > History
  • Sports > History. > United States
  • Violence in men
  • Masculinity in sports
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 9780786497041 (softcover : alk. paper)
  • 0786497041 (softcover : alk. paper)
  • 9781476618234 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
^^2015017630
OCLC
882191769
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library