The British boxing film 1st ed.

Author

• Glynn, Stephen

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

Cham, Switzerland : Springer International Publishing, 2021

Language

English

ISBN

9783030742102

Series

Subject(s)

• ETHNOLOGY--EUROPE
• MOTION PICTURES--GREAT BRITAIN
• SPORTS SCIENCES

Notes

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Abstract

This book constitutes the first full volume dedicated to an academic analysis of the sport of boxing as depicted in British film. Through close textual analysis, production and reception histories and readings that establish social, cultural and political contexts, the book explores the ways in which prizefighters, amateur boxers, managers and supporters (from Regency gentry to East End gangsters) are represented on the British screen. Exploring a complex and controversial sport, it addresses not only the pain-versus-reward dilemma that boxing necessarily engenders but also the frequently censorious attitude of those in authority with boxing’s social development facilitating a wider study around issues of class, gender and race, latterly contesting the whole notion of ‘Britishness’. Varying in scope from Northern circuit comedies to London-based ‘ladsploitation’ films, from auteur entries by Alfred Hitchcock to programme fillers by E.J. Fancey, the boxing film also serves as a prism through which one can trace major historical shifts in the British film industry

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (ix, 260 p.)

Dimension

-

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Chapter 1- Introduction: The Rules of Boxing on Film --
Part I The Silent Treatment-
Chapter 2-Opening Rounds: 1895 -1918 --
Chapter 3- The Plot Thickens: 1919 - 1928 --
Part II The Sound Treatment-
Chapter 4 - Boxing Sound and Vision: 1929 -1939 --
Chapter 5 - The Post-war Return: 1945-1960 --
Part III The Colour Treatment-
Chapter 6 - Wider Representation: 1961-1999+ --
Chapter 7 - Final Rounds: 2000-Present --
Chapter 8 Conclusion: The Judges' Verdict .

Exemplar(s)

#	Accession No.	Call Number	Location	Status
1.	00985/21	791.40941 Gly B	Online !	Available