A history of boxing in Mexico : masculinity, modernity, and nationalism / Stephen D. Allen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allen, Stephen D., 1980- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boxing--Mexico--History.

Boxing.

Boxing--Social aspects--Mexico.

Boxers (Sports)--Mexico.

Boxers (Sports).

Boxing--Social aspects.

History.

Mexico.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2017.

Summary:

The violent sport of boxing shaped and was shaped by notions of Mexican national identity during the twentieth century. This book reveals how boxing and boxers became sources of national pride and sparked debates on what it meant to be Mexican, masculine, and modern. The success of world champion Mexican boxers played a key role in the rise of Los Angeles as the center of pugilistic activity in the United States. This international success made the fighters potent symbols of a Mexican culture that was cosmopolitan, nationalist, and masculine. With research in archives on both sides of the border, the author uses their life stories to trace the history and meaning of Mexican boxing. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The Rise of Mexican Boxing 13

2 "The Champion without a Crown" Remembering Rodolfo Casanova and Mexico's First Golden Age of Boxing 43

3 "An Authentic Product of the People" Raúl Macías, Tepito, and Boxing Celebrity 73

4 "The All-Powerful Mathematician" Vicente Saldivar and Masculine Discipline 105

5 "A Swinger in and Out of the Ring" Ruben Olivares and the Sexual and Emotional Revolutions 135

6 "The Cuban with Mexican Spirit" José Nápoles, Race, and Boxing Aesthetics 163.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-266) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Allen, Stephen D., 1980- History of boxing in Mexico.

ISBN:

9780826358554

0826358551

OCLC:

967774936