Malissa Smith

A History of Women's Boxing

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A History of Women's Boxing traces the history of the sport back to the 1700s, through the 2012 Olympic Games when women were first allowed to box, and up to the present. Rich in detail and exhaustively researched, this book illuminates the struggles, obstacles, and successes ...

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 664g
• ISBN-13: 9781442229945
• ISBN-10: 1442229942
• Artikelnr.: 40448620

Autorenporträt

By Malissa Smith

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: She-Devils and Amazonian
Tigresses: Women Enter the Boxing Ring Chapter 2: Victorian Ladies Boxing
Chapter 3: Boxing, Women, and the Mores of Change Chapter 4: Encountering
the Modern: Flappers, Mae West, and the War Years Chapter 5: Boxing in the
Age of the "Mighty Atom" Chapter 6: Burning Bras, Taking on the "Sheriff,"
and Winning the Right to Fight Chapter 7: A Ring of Their Own Chapter 8:
These Ladies Love the Ring Chapter 9: Christy Martin and the Pinking of the
Velvet Ropes Chapter 10: Women's Boxing and the Fame Game Chapter 11: The
Amateurs Conclusion: The State of Things: 1722-2012 and Beyond Bibliography
Index About the Author