Boxing
Subtitle: a cultural history
By: Kasia Boddy
Edition: First pbk. ed.
Publisher: Reaktion
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 478
ISBN-13: 9781861894113
Subjects: Boxing in art; Boxing in literature; Boxing; History
Description: Looks at the history of boxing and how it has permeated Western culture and mass media through the years.
Notes: Originally published: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references, discography, filmography and index.
Table of contents: title: The classical golden age; title: The English golden age; title: Pugilism and style; title: 'Fighting, rightly understood'; title: 'Like any other profession'; title: Fresh hopes; title: Sport of the future; title: Save me, Jack Dempsey; save me, Joe Louis; title: King of the hill, and further raging bulls.