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Knockout: The Boxer and Boxing in American Cinema Leger Grindon
Knockout: The Boxer and Boxing in American Cinema
Leger Grindon
Provides the first book-length study of the Hollywood boxing film, a popular movie entertainment since the 1930s. Leger Grindon relates the Hollywood boxing film to the literature of Jack London, Ernest Hemingway, and Clifford Odets; the influence of ring champions, particularly Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali; and controversies surrounding masculinity, race, and sports.
332 pages, 1, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 30, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9781604739886 |
| Publishers | University Press of Mississippi |
| Pages | 320 |
| Dimensions | 165 × 242 × 25 mm · 660 g |
| Language | English |