Never take pity’
An average French boxer’s ethnobiography
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11436331 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jérôme Beauchez (0000-0002-0091-0392, Centre Max Weber, Lyon, France, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 307-317 |
| Publication date | 2018-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Leisure Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0261-4367 • E-ISSN: 1466-4496 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02614367.2018.1429484 |
| OpenAlex | W2793885686 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 25 |
Based on a long-term ethnographic study of a group of French boxers, this article retraces the biography of one of its members. Éric was an average boxer who never truly mastered the art of dodging his opponents. He never left the ranks of amateur boxing either, although in fact he never truly hoped he would step into the limelight reserved for the very few champions who make it. His anonymous and relentless commitment to boxing was in fact filled with a different meaning that his ethnobiography brings to light. His commitment to boxing can be better understood in light of the trials he faced in “the poor life”, a life he described as flavorless, mired in unemployment and survival delinquency. Despite his repeated defeats in the ring, for him boxing was the only part of his identity that elevated his status and set him apart from those who only had the streets to hang out on. By revealing the meaning he gave to his pugilism, Éric’s ethnobiography offers a new perspective on the links between boxing, violence, and poverty. It also paves the way for exploring the dark side of a leisure activity and its struggles that extend far beyond the ring itself
Aesthetics · Amateur · Art · Art history · Biography · Epistemology · Ethnography · Literature · Meaning (existential · Novella · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Social science · Sociology · Tragedy (event · Trilogy · Visual arts · Doping in Sports · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society
Code of the street
Risk Society
Not Quite White
Learning to Labor
The Dignity of Working Men
The Dignity of Working Men
Childhood Adultification in Economically Disadvantaged Families
Life-history writing and the anthropological silhouette
The ring and the street
Looking back at leisure
Risk society
Protection discipline et honneur
Sociological Work
La ' douce science ' des coups
Garder sa tête sur le ring
Tough love
Regulation of diversity through discipline
In the Shadow of the Other
Displaced Masculinities
Conceptualizing Stigma
The Occupational Culture of the Boxer
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |