TY  - BOOK
AU  - Trimbur,Lucia
TI  - Come out swinging: the changing world of boxing in Gleason's gym 
SN  - 9781400846061
AV  - GV1125 .C664 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Boxing
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - New York
KW  - History
KW  - Gymnasiums
KW  - Athletic clubs
KW  - Boxers (Sports)
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - 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
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