Prizefighting and Civilization: A Cultural History of Boxing, Race, and Masculinity in Mexico and Cuba, 1840-1940
In Prizefighting and Civilization: A Cultural History of Boxing, Race, and Masculinity in Mexico and Cuba, 1840-1940, historian David C. LaFevor traces the history of pugilism in Mexico and Cuba from its controversial beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century through its exponential rise in popularity during the early twentieth century.
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Prizefighting and Civilization: A Cultural History of Boxing, Race, and Masculinity in Mexico and Cuba, 1840-1940
In Prizefighting and Civilization: A Cultural History of Boxing, Race, and Masculinity in Mexico and Cuba, 1840-1940, historian David C. LaFevor traces the history of pugilism in Mexico and Cuba from its controversial beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century through its exponential rise in popularity during the early twentieth century.
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Prizefighting and Civilization: A Cultural History of Boxing, Race, and Masculinity in Mexico and Cuba, 1840-1940

Prizefighting and Civilization: A Cultural History of Boxing, Race, and Masculinity in Mexico and Cuba, 1840-1940

by David C. LaFevor
Prizefighting and Civilization: A Cultural History of Boxing, Race, and Masculinity in Mexico and Cuba, 1840-1940

Prizefighting and Civilization: A Cultural History of Boxing, Race, and Masculinity in Mexico and Cuba, 1840-1940

by David C. LaFevor

Overview

In Prizefighting and Civilization: A Cultural History of Boxing, Race, and Masculinity in Mexico and Cuba, 1840-1940, historian David C. LaFevor traces the history of pugilism in Mexico and Cuba from its controversial beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century through its exponential rise in popularity during the early twentieth century.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780826363893
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publication date: 05/01/2022
Pages: 298
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

David C. LaFevor is an associate professor of Latin American history and digital humanities at the University of Texas at Arlington. He is the coauthor of The Third Century: U.S.-Latin American Relations since 1889.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments

Chapter One. Introduction: The Problem of Prizefighting in Cuba and Mexico
Chapter Two. Prizefighting and Civilization in the Mexican Public Sphere in the Nineteenth Century
Chapter Three. "Who Will Say We Are Not Progressing?": Cuba, Race, and Boxing in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
Chapter Four. "Nigger Prizefighters" in Havana: The Transnational Spectacle of Race and Boxing
Chapter Five. "The Revolution Came and Passed Out Gloves to Everyone"
Chapter Six. Marching at the Head of Civilization
Conclusion. Legacies of Domesticating the Exotic in Cuba and Mexico

Notes
Bibliography
Index

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