TY - BOOK AU - Grindon,Leger ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Knockout: the boxer and boxing in American cinema AV - PN1995.9.B69 G75 2011eb U1 - 791.43/658 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Jackson PB - University Press of Mississippi KW - Boxing films KW - United States KW - History and criticism KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10476319 ER -