An edition of Knockout
(2011)
Knockout
the boxer and boxing in American cinema
by Leger Grindon
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Knockout: the boxer and boxing in American cinema
2011, University Press of Mississippi
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Table of Contents
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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