The Origins of the Boxer Uprising

The Origins of the Boxer Uprising
Author: Joseph W. Esherick
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 476
Release: 1988-08-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780520908963

In the summer of 1900, bands of peasant youths from the villages of north China streamed into Beijing to besiege the foreign legations, attracting the attention of the entire world. Joseph Esherick reconstructs the early history of the Boxers, challenging the traditional view that they grew from earlier anti-dynastic sects, and stressing instead the impact of social ecology and popular culture.

Women Boxers

Women Boxers
Author: C. Ondine Chavoya
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2006-08-31
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9781611923360

Combining the artistry of photographer Delilah Montoya with an informative introduction written by professor and librarian Maria Teresa Marquez, Women Boxers: The New Warriors explores the world of las malcriadas, those women who challenge society's views of femininity, violence, and physicality. Montoya's photographs profile twelve powerful, devoted athletes who are taking advantage of the Women's Movement and the right to live, work, and box in a man's world. The boxers featured are from all over the United States, and include super bantamweight Jackie Chavez, holder of the IFBA Super Bantamweight Title, light middleweight Akondaye "Storm" Fountain, welterweight Christy "Coalminer's Daughter" Martin, and lightweight Mia "The Knockout" St. John, holder of the IBA Women's Lightweight Title and the IFBA Lightweight World Title. The introductory essay succinctly traces the phenomenon of women boxers, noting that as early as 1728 boxing matches between women were reported in London newspapers. Since 1997, women's amateur boxing competitions have been held in Europe, Africa, and Asia; countries such as Egypt, India and Kazakhstan are among 28 countries represented in women's boxing organizations. And women's amateur boxing may be sanctioned soon for the first time as an Olympic sport. In spite of the increased popularity of women's boxing, it remains controversial. Many still believe that women boxers are simply women who make a living by selling their bodies. Women boxers struggle to get televised matches and suitable prize money, and many boxing promoters refuse to support fights between female boxers. With an essay by C. Ondine Chavoya tracing Montoya's artistic career, this is a rareand fascinating look at the sport of women's boxing.

Boxing

Boxing
Author: Friedrich Unterharnscheidt
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 817
Release: 2003-04-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0080528252

This book neither argues for or against the continuation of boxing, but lays out the literature and the body of scientific knowledge that are necessary to provide a meaningful background for the ensuing debate. It provides a comprehensive resource for those who are involved in regulating boxing and those who participate directly, as well as for the medical and scientific communities. Includes carefully quoted case histories and research as well as an extensive body of medical literature on boxing injuries to demonstrate that brain damage is a natural consequence of boxing.* Presents in-depth analysis of the phenomenon of "punch drunkness"* Includes detailed case histories of the clinical and pathomorphological findings uncovered by current medical research* Extensively reviews medical literature

Medical Aspects of Boxing

Medical Aspects of Boxing
Author: Barry Jordan
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 354
Release: 1992-11-23
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780849342813

Medical Aspects of Boxing is a comprehensive text that serves as an excellent general reference for all healthcare providers involved with boxing. The major focus of the book is geared toward the neurological aspects of boxing. An entire section of the volume is devoted to such topics as acute and chronic brain injury, neuroradiology, neuropsychology, electrophysiology, and epidemiology of brain injury. General concepts of boxing, including the role of the ringside physician, differences between amateur and professional boxing, socio-medical aspects of boxing, and non-neurological medical aspects of boxing are also discussed.

Health and Safety of Professional Boxing

Health and Safety of Professional Boxing
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Publisher:
Total Pages: 120
Release: 1994
Genre: Law
ISBN:

Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.

When Boxing Was a Jewish Sport

When Boxing Was a Jewish Sport
Author: Allen Bodner
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2011-02-04
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1438436084

A vivid portrayal of the important role of Jews in American boxing history, and vice versa.

Boxing and Performance

Boxing and Performance
Author: Sarah Crews
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2020-11-29
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1000244768

Boxing and Performance is the first substantial piece of work to place the lived experience of female and male boxers in dialogue with one another. Crews and Lennox critically reflect on their ethnographic experiences of boxing and their reading of the cultural representations of the sport. They conceive of the project as an extended sparring session. This book offers a unique perspective on boxing in/as performance and boxing in/as culture. It explores how the connections between boxing and performance address ideas about bodies, relationships, intimacy, and combat. It challenges and renegotiates oft-repeated narratives used to make meaning about boxing. This volume examines questions of visibility, voice, and agency and will appeal to scholars and students in the fields of performance and media, and sport and social studies.