Knockout [electronic resource] : the boxer and boxing in American cinema / Leger Grindon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grindon, Leger, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boxing films--United States--History and criticism.

Boxing films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (331 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Knockout: The Boxer and Boxing in American Cinema is the first book-length study of the Hollywood boxing film, a popular movie entertainment since the 1930's, that includes such classics as Million Dollar Baby , Rocky , and Raging

Contents:

Why the boxing film?: the meaningful structure of the boxing film genre

Gangsters, champions, and the history of the boxing film

"Down for the count": critique of the success ethic in the boxing film

"On the ropes": the conflict between assimilation and the indigenous community

Romance and the ring: gender conflict in the boxing film

"Hitting below the belt": violence, suffering, and male emotion

Body and soul: the conflict between the flesh and the spirit

Art and genre in Raging bull (1980)

Epilogue: into the twenty-first century

Appendix 1: cycles/clusters of the boxing film genre

Appendix 2: boxing films cited.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-11659-6

9786613116598

1-60473-989-4

OCLC:

729166778