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1 online resource |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Prominent Participants; Preface; CHAPTER ONE: SURVIVAL IN A CITY TRANSFORMED: THE URBAN BOXING GYM IN POSTINDUSTRIAL NEW YORK; CHAPTER TWO: WORK WITHOUT WAGES; CHAPTER THREE: TOUGH LOVE AND INTIMACY IN A COMMUNITY OF MEN; CHAPTER FOUR: PASSING TIME: THE EXPRESSIVE CULTURE OF EVERYDAY GYM LIFE; CHAPTER FIVE: THE CHANGING POLITICS OF GENDER; CHAPTER SIX: BUYING AND SELLING BLACKNESS: WHITE-COLLAR BOXING AND THE CULTURAL CAPITAL OF RACIAL DIFFERENCE; EPILOGUE; Methodological Appendix: Ethnographic Research in the Urban Gym. |
| Summary |
Gleason's Gym is the last remaining institution of New York's Golden Age of boxing. Jake LaMotta, Muhammad Ali, Hector Camacho, Mike Tyson--the alumni of Gleason's are a roster of boxing greats. Founded in the Bronx in 1937, Gleason's moved in the mid-1980s to what has since become one of New York's wealthiest residential areas--Brooklyn's DUMBO. Gleason's has also transformed, opening its doors to new members, particularly women and white-collar men. Come Out Swinging is Lucia Trimbur's nuanced insider's account of a place that was once the domain of poor and working-class men of co. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Boxing -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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Boxing. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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History. |
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Gymnasiums -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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Gymnasiums. |
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Athletic clubs -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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Athletic clubs. |
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Boxers (Sports) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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Boxers (Sports) |
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Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- History.
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Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780691150291 069115029X (DLC) 2012049335 |
| ISBN |
1400846064 (electronic book) |
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9781400846061 (electronic book) |
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9780691150291 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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069115029X (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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