LEADER 04162oam 2200673I 450 001 9910461917103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-68177-2 010 $a9786613658715 010 $a0-203-11928-2 010 $a1-136-31414-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203119280 035 $a(CKB)2670000000205305 035 $a(EBL)981687 035 $a(OCoLC)804665742 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000681913 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11397095 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000681913 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10663368 035 $a(PQKB)11306079 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC981687 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL981687 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10569342 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL365871 035 $a(OCoLC)796841109 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000205305 100 $a20180706d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe urban geography of boxing $erace, class, and gender in the ring /$fBenita Heiskanen 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (211 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge research in sport, culture and society ;$v13 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-00887-7 311 $a0-415-50226-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; The Urban Geography of Boxing; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. On the Barrio's Ropes; 2. Wo/Manly Art at the Gym; 3. Business is Business Backdoors; 4. The Limelight of the Ring; 5. Through the Media's Lens; 6. Politicking in Combat Zones; 7. The Ivory Tower in the Real World; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $a"This book is an interdisciplinary cultural examination of twenty-first century boxing as a professional sport, a bodily labor, a lucrative business, a popular entertainment, and an instrument of ideology. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and interviews conducted with Latino boxers, women boxers, and boxing insiders in Texas, it discusses boxing from the vantage point of the sundry players, who are involved with it: the labor force, promoters, handlers, ringside officials, medical professionals, media, and the audiences. The various parties have multiple stakes in the sport. For some, boxing is about physical empowerment; others are in it for the money; some deploy it for ideological purposes; yet others use it to claim their 15-minutes of fame, and frequently the various interests overlap. In this book, Benita Heiskanen makes a broader connection between boxing and the spatial organization of racialized, class-based, and gendered bodies within particular urban geographies. Journeying actual sites where the sport is organized, such as the barrio, boxing gym, and competition venues, she maps the ways in which boxing insiders negotiate a variety of conflicting agendas at local, regional, and national scales. Beyond the United States, the worker-athletes conduct their labor within global socioeconomic conditions, business networks, and legal principles. Through this sporting context, Heiskanens discussion discloses some complex socio-historical, cultural, and political power relations between urban margins and centers, with ramifications far beyond boxing. This book will be of interest to readers in Sport Studies, Cultural Studies, Cultural Geography, Gender Studies, Critical Race Theory, Labor Studies, and American Studies"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aRoutledge research in sport, culture and society ;$v13. 606 $aBoxing$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aBoxing$xSocial aspects$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aSociology, Urban 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBoxing$xSocial aspects 615 0$aBoxing$xSocial aspects 615 0$aSociology, Urban. 676 $a796.83 700 $aHeiskanen$b Benita.$0908335 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461917103321 996 $aThe urban geography of boxing$92031589 997 $aUNINA