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Record ID marc_loc_updates/v38.i40.records.utf8:9403216:1422
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 01422nam a22002538a 4500
001 2010041348
003 DLC
005 20101004122437.0
008 101004s2011 msu b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2010041348
020 $a9781604739886 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9781604739893 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aPN1995.9.B69$bG75 2011
082 00 $a791.43/658$222
100 1 $aGrindon, Leger,$d1949-
245 10 $aKnockout :$bthe boxer and boxing in American cinema /$cLeger Grindon.
260 $aJackson :$bUniversity Press of Mississippi,$cc2011.
263 $a1106
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aWhy 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.
650 0 $aBoxing films$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism.