The British Boxing Film

Stephen Glynn (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

IX, 260 Seiten

2022 | 1st ed. 2021
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-74212-6 (ISBN)

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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 prismthrough which one can trace major historical shifts in the British film industry.

Stephen Glynn lectures in Film and Television at De Montfort University, UK. This volume completes a trilogy of sports genre studies for Palgrave, following on from The British Football Film (2018) and The British Horseracing Film (2019).

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

Erscheinungsdatum	23.08.2022
Zusatzinfo	IX, 260 p. 7 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	355 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
	Sozialwissenschaften
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
Schlagworte	Boxing • British Cinema • genre study • Masculinity • Social History • Sport
ISBN-10	3-030-74212-1 / 3030742121
ISBN-13	978-3-030-74212-6 / 9783030742126
Zustand	Neuware