01905nam a2200325 a 4500 ebr10476319 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 101004s2011 msu sb 001 0 eng d 2010041348 9781604739886 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781604739893 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)730953647 n-us--- PN1995.9.B69 G75 2011eb 791.43/658 22 Grindon, Leger, 1949- Knockout [electronic resource] : the boxer and boxing in American cinema / Leger Grindon. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2011. x, 320 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. Why the boxing film?: the meaningful structure of the boxing film genre -- Gangsters, champions, and the history of the boxing film -- "Down for the count": critique of the success ethic in the boxing film -- "On the ropes": the conflict between assimilation and the indigenous community -- Romance and the ring: gender conflict in the boxing film -- "Hitting below the belt": violence, suffering, and male emotion -- Body and soul: the conflict between the flesh and the spirit -- Art and genre in Raging bull (1980) -- Epilogue: into the twenty-first century -- Appendix 1: cycles/clusters of the boxing film genre -- Appendix 2: boxing films cited. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Boxing films United States History and criticism. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10476319 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 115248 115248