Come out swinging : the changing world of boxing in Gleason's gym /
Trimbur, Lucia, 1975-
Come out swinging : the changing world of boxing in Gleason's gym / Lucia Trimbur. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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.
9781400846061
Boxing--History.--New York (State)--New York
Gymnasiums--History.--New York (State)--New York
Athletic clubs--History.--New York (State)--New York
Boxers (Sports)--History.--New York (State)--New York
Electronic Books.
GV1125 / .C664 2013
Come out swinging : the changing world of boxing in Gleason's gym / Lucia Trimbur. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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.
9781400846061
Boxing--History.--New York (State)--New York
Gymnasiums--History.--New York (State)--New York
Athletic clubs--History.--New York (State)--New York
Boxers (Sports)--History.--New York (State)--New York
Electronic Books.
GV1125 / .C664 2013