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Explores the processes by which boxing - once considered an outlandish purveyor of low culture - evolved in Cuba into a nationalized pillar of popular culture, a point of pride that transcends gender, race, and class.

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter One. Introduction: The Problem of Prizefighting in Cuba and Mexico
  • Chapter Two. Prizefighting and Civilization in the Mexican Public Sphere in the Nineteenth Century
  • Chapter Three. "Who Will Say We Are Not Progressing?": Cuba, Race, and Boxing in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
  • Chapter Four. "Nigger Prizefighters" in Havana: The Transnational Spectacle of Race and Boxing
  • Chapter Five. "The Revolution Came and Passed Out Gloves to Everyone"
  • Chapter Six. Marching at the Head of Civilization
  • Conclusion. Legacies of Domesticating the Exotic in Cuba and Mexico
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Prizefighting and Civilization A Cultural

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      Publisher: MP-NMX Uni of New Mexico
      Publication Date: 5/30/2022 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780826363893, 978-0826363893
      ISBN10: 082636389X
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      Gender studies: men and boys

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Explores the processes by which boxing - once considered an outlandish purveyor of low culture - evolved in Cuba into a nationalized pillar of popular culture, a point of pride that transcends gender, race, and class.

      Table of Contents
      • Preface
      • Acknowledgments
      • Chapter One. Introduction: The Problem of Prizefighting in Cuba and Mexico
      • Chapter Two. Prizefighting and Civilization in the Mexican Public Sphere in the Nineteenth Century
      • Chapter Three. "Who Will Say We Are Not Progressing?": Cuba, Race, and Boxing in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
      • Chapter Four. "Nigger Prizefighters" in Havana: The Transnational Spectacle of Race and Boxing
      • Chapter Five. "The Revolution Came and Passed Out Gloves to Everyone"
      • Chapter Six. Marching at the Head of Civilization
      • Conclusion. Legacies of Domesticating the Exotic in Cuba and Mexico
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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