Boxing, narrative and culture : critical perspectives / edited by Sarah Crews and P. Solomon Lennox.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Crews, Sarah, editor.

Lennox, P. Solomon, editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Series:

Routledge research in sport, culture and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boxing--Social aspects.

Boxing.

Boxing in mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 220 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.

Biography/History:

Sarah Crews is a performance and media studies scholar and senior lecturer at the University of South Wales whose research centres on vectors of power as they relate to gender, activism, sport, and performance making practices. Sarah's recent research projects are concerned with how female boxers are represented in sport and popular media, and how their work challenges stereotypes of female bodies. Sarah is in the process of developing an archive of female contributions to Welsh boxing in collaboration with People's Collection Wales. P. Solomon Lennox is the head of the Department of Arts at Northumbria University. His research explores the relationships between physical performance practices, theories of performance space, and narrative identity. Solomon has published in the area of combat sports, specifically boxing. His work examines the connections between narrative tropes and physical performance practices. Solomon is currently developing work on the power of memetic performance, memetic haunting, and activism.

Contents:

Increasing visibility and the (re)presentation of female boxers in print media / Paige Schnieder

Influencer boxing : authenticity and the quest for redemption / Soloman Lennox

Ducking and diving : why boxing clubs hit the targets other sports cannot reach in deprived communities / David Barrett, Lee Edmondson, Robbie Millar and P. Solomon Lennox

Narratives of struggle : boxing, gender and community / Supriya Chaudhri

Practicing otherwise : feminist boxing challenges mainstream narratives of combat sports / Elissa Virgili

Reflections on empowerment of women in boxing from athletes and coaches in Norway Female Box / Anne Tjonndel

Trans boxing : a boxing club, an art project / Nolan Hanson and Zac Easterling

Katie Taylor : complicating a boxing identity / Emma Calow

Letting down the team? Individualism, selfishness and kinship in women's boxing / Sarah Crews

Alfonso 'Mosquito' Zvenyika and the dominant narratives on boxing in post-colonial Zimbabwe / Manase Kudzai Chiweshe and Gerald Dandah

The political symbolism of Mary Kom from the Manipuri autobiography to the Indian blockbuster / Mellouli Myriam

Turn the volume up! Boxing hearts and beats / Kristina Országhová

Gender transgression in the (trans)national domain : Laura Serrano and women's boxing in Mexico / Marjolein Van Bavel

Afterword : boxing and cultural value / Sarah Crews and P. Solomon Lennox.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 31, 2024).

Other Format:

Print version: Boxing, narrative and culture

ISBN:

9781003312635

1003312632

9781000970180

1000970183

9781000970227

1000970221

Publisher Number:

40032143957

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.