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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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Details
- 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
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-283) and index.
- Contents
- Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of 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.
- ISBN
- 0826361587
- 9780826361585
- OCLC
- on1124978331
- SCSB-9705273
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library