Victoria E. Collins

Fighting Sports, Gender, and the Commodification of Violence

Heavy Bag Heroines

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Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a glimpse into the cultural terrain of women's boxing as it manifests in everyday gyms for novice boxers. Taking an ethnographic approach, Collins examines broader understandings of gender, violence, self-defense, commodification, and health and fitness from the point of view of women who engage the sport.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 462g
• ISBN-13: 9781793600639
• ISBN-10: 1793600635
• Artikelnr.: 61181217

Autorenporträt

Victoria E. Collins is associate professor and graduate program coordinator in the School of Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One: Finding Boxing in a Strip-Mall
Chapter Two: From Amazonians to Cardio Classes: Women, Consumerism, and
Combat
Sports
Chapter Three: Commodifying and the Woman Boxer: Popular Culture, Media,
and the
Sexualized Fighter
Chapter Four: Fighting Tough...but Not Too Tough
Chapter Five: There are Only Three Rules of Fight Club, "No Spectators, No
Social Media
and No Boob Shots!"
Chapter Six: Sparring Like Men? Gender Maneuvering and the Emotional Work
of Getting in
the Ring
Chapter Seven: Violence, Safety, and Self-defense: Unpacking the Narrative
that Boxing is
Self-Defense
Chapter Eight: The Female Fight: Sport and the spectacle