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First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
"Kicking ass and taking notes - what it's like to be a woman in the ring. Alison Dean teaches English literature. She also punches people. But despite several amateur fights under her belt, she knows she will never be taken as seriously as a male boxer. 'You punch like a girl' still isn't a compliment - women aren't supposed to perpetrate violence. With wit and insight, Dean delves into the ways combat sports can change a person's - and particularly a woman's - relationship to their body and to the world around them, considering at the same time how women might revolutionize martial arts."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Warm-Up -- One: An Education -- Two: Histories and Futures -- Three: Self-Defence -- Four: Look the Part -- Five: Grin and Bear It -- Six: Anywhere but the Face -- Seven: Mental Toughness -- Eight: Built for It -- Nine: Crying in Combat Sports -- Ten: Lineage -- Eleven: Work Ethic -- Twelve: In the Ring -- Epilogue: You've Changed |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Martial arts -- Social aspects.
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Martial arts -- Social aspects. |
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Martial arts. |
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Boxing -- Social aspects.
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Boxing -- Social aspects. |
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Boxing. |
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Boxing for women.
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Boxing for women. |
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Women martial artists.
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Women martial artists. |
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Women boxers.
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Women boxers. |
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Violence in women.
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Violence in women. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dean, Alison (Alison V.) Seconds out. Toronto : Coach House Books, 2021 1552454193 9781552454190 (OCoLC)1196244449 |
| ISBN |
9781770566668 EPUB |
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177056666X EPUB |
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9781770566675 electronic book |
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1770566678 electronic book |
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9781552454190 (softcover) |
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1552454193 |
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