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" Knockout : "
Leger Grindon
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BL
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646235
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| Main Entry
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Grindon, Leger,1949-
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Knockout : : the boxer and boxing in American cinema /\ Leger Grindon
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x, 320 pages :: illustrations,; 25 cm
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9781604739886
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: 1604739886
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: 9781604739893
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: 1604739894
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Why the boxing film?: the meaningful structure of the boxing film genre -- Gangsters, champions, and the history of the boxing film -- "Down for the count": critique of the success ethic in the boxing film -- "On the ropes": the conflict between assimilation and the indigenous community -- Romance and the ring: gender conflict in the boxing film -- "Hitting below the belt": violence, suffering, and male emotion -- Body and soul: the conflict between the flesh and the spirit -- Art and genre in Raging bull (1980) -- Epilogue: into the twenty-first century -- Appendix 1: cycles/clusters of the boxing film genre -- Appendix 2: boxing films cited
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Boxing films-- United States-- History and criticism
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| Dewey Classification
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791.43/658
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PN1995.9.B69G75 2011
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