02509nam 2200553 a 450 991078953520332120230725031434.01-283-11659-697866131165981-60473-989-4(CKB)2670000000094744(EBL)711362(OCoLC)729166778(SSID)ssj0000523735(PQKBManifestationID)12215109(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000523735(PQKBWorkID)10542629(PQKB)11735797(StDuBDS)EDZ0000203625(MiAaPQ)EBC711362(Au-PeEL)EBL711362(CaPaEBR)ebr10476319(CaONFJC)MIL311659(EXLCZ)99267000000009474420101004d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrKnockout[electronic resource] the boxer and boxing in American cinema /Leger GrindonJackson University Press of Mississippi20111 online resource (331 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-60473-988-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 RagingBoxing filmsUnited StatesHistory and criticismBoxing filmsHistory and criticism.791.43/658Grindon Leger1949-1571539MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789535203321Knockout3846012UNINA