Overview
- Examines why boxers risk serious bodily injury in the ring
- Applies the concepts of 'social revenge' and violence
- Includes fascinating ethnographic vignettes
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Cultural Sociology (CULTSOC)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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In Private: Where the Blows Resound
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Facing the Other: Trials of the Self
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About this book
This book explores the lived experiences of boxers in a French banlieue, largely populated by people from working-class and immigrant backgrounds. Jérôme Beauchez, who joined in the men’s daily workouts for many years, analyzes the act of boxing as a high-stakes confrontation that extends well beyond the walls of the gym. Exploring the physical and existential realities of combat, the author provides a multifaceted “thick description” of this world and shows that the violence faced by the gym’s members is not so much to be found in the ring as in the adversity of everyday racism and social exclusion. Boxing can therefore be understood as an act of resistance that is about more than simply fighting an opponent and that reflects all the existential struggles facing these men who are both stigmatized and socially dominated by race and class.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Boxing, the Gym, and Men
Book Subtitle: The Mark of the Fist
Authors: Jérôme Beauchez
Series Title: Cultural Sociology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56029-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-56028-1Published: 28 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85807-4Published: 10 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-56029-8Published: 19 September 2017
Series ISSN: 2946-3572
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3580
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 240
Topics: Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Ethnography