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Fight Sports and American Masculinity: Salvation in Violence from 1607 to the Present - Softcover

Thrasher, Christopher David

 
9780786497041: Fight Sports and American Masculinity: Salvation in Violence from 1607 to the Present
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0786497041 ISBN 13: 9780786497041
Verlag: McFarland, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

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, and presents a narrative of American history as seen from the bars, gyms, stadiums and living rooms of the heartland. Ordinary Americans were the agents who supported and participated in fight sports and determined its vision of masculinity. This work counters the economic determinism prevalent in studies of American fight sports, which overemphasize profit as the driving force in the popularization of these sports. The author also disputes previous scholarship's domestic focus, with an appreciation of how American fight sports are connected to the rest of the world.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Christopher David Thrasher is the author of several scholarly articles on the history of fight sports. He lives in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

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Verlag
McFarland
Erscheinungsdatum
2015
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0786497041
ISBN 13 
9780786497041
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
302
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