Prizefighting and Civilization

Prizefighting and Civilization

A Cultural History of Boxing, Race, and Masculinity in Mexico and Cuba, 1840-1940

LaFevor, David C.

University of New Mexico Press

05/2022

298

Mole

Inglês

9780826363893

15 a 20 dias

333

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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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Latin America; sports; boxing; Jack Johnson; Havana; Mexico City; Jess Willard; heavyweight title; masculinity