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The British Boxing Film (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
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The British Boxing Film (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
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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
prism through which one can trace major historical shifts in the
British film industry.
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