TY  - GEN
AU  - Woodward,Kath
TI  - Boxing, Masculinity and Identity
SN  - 9780203020180
PY  - 2007///
PB  - Taylor & Francis
KW  - Gender studies, gender groups
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Sports & outdoor recreation
KW  - Boxing
KW  - masculinities
KW  - women
KW  - boxers
KW  - public
KW  - stories
KW  - mens
KW  - hegemonic
KW  - routine
KW  - hero
KW  - body
N1  - Open Access
N2  - Boxing is infused with ideas about masculinity, power, race and social class, and as such is an ideal lens through which social scientists can examine key modern themes. In addition, its inherent contradictions of extreme violence and beauty and of discipline and excess have long been a source of inspiration for writers and film makers.         Essential reading for anyone interested in the sociology of sport and cultural representations of gender, Boxing, Masculinity and Identity brings together ethnographic research with material from film, literature and journalism. Through this combination of theoretical insight and cultural awareness, Woodward explores the social constructs around boxing and our experience and understanding of central issues including:                    masculinity      mind, body and the construction of identity       spectacle and performance: tensions between the public and private person       boxing on film: the role of cultural representations in building identities       methodologies: issues of authenticity and ‘truth’ in social science
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/24297/1/1005834.pdf
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/24297/1/1005834.pdf
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/24297/1/1005834.pdf
UR  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/34069
ER  -