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

ISBN-13: 9780826363893 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 298 str.

David C. LaFevor

Spis treści

• 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