Knockout [[electronic resource] ] : the boxer and boxing in American cinema / / Leger Grindon
| Knockout [[electronic resource] ] : the boxer and boxing in American cinema / / Leger Grindon |
| Autore | Grindon Leger <1949-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (331 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43/658 |
| Soggetto topico | Boxing films - United States - History and criticism |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-11659-6
9786613116598 1-60473-989-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461256803321 |
Grindon Leger <1949->
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| Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2011 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Knockout [[electronic resource] ] : the boxer and boxing in American cinema / / Leger Grindon
| Knockout [[electronic resource] ] : the boxer and boxing in American cinema / / Leger Grindon |
| Autore | Grindon Leger <1949-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (331 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43/658 |
| Soggetto topico | Boxing films - United States - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
1-283-11659-6
9786613116598 1-60473-989-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789535203321 |
Grindon Leger <1949->
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| Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2011 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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