I fight for a living : boxing and the battle for black manhood, 1880-1915

Author/Creator:

Moore, Louis, 1978- author

Publication/Creation:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2017]

Resource Type:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

I fight for a living : boxing and the battle for black manhood, 1880-1915 / Louis Moore

Series Titles:

Sport and society
Sport and society.

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Boxing--United States--History--19th century
Boxing--United States--History--20th century
African American boxers
Racism in sports--United States--History
Discrimination in sports--United States--History
Racism

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Introduction -- Bring home the bacon : the black proletariat and the prizefighter -- Race man or race menace? : pugilists, patriarchy, and pathology -- Black men and the business of boxing -- Colored championship and color lines -- Sambos, savages, and the shakiness of whiteness -- Following the color line : progressive reform and the fear of the black fighter -- Epilogue.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

223 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936672284502486

ISBN:

9780252041341
0252041348
9780252082870
0252082877

OCLC Number:

983823625

Barcode:

010002851373