Pretty fly for a white guy
The politics of race, nation and difference in professional boxing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18965631 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Harris (0000-0002-4025-5775, Glasgow School for Business and Society, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK, corresponding author), David Chaplin (0000-0002-1354-3069, Northwest Nazarene University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-18 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-02 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Identities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1070-289X • E-ISSN: 1547-3384 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1070289x.2021.1970980 |
| OpenAlex | W3201627509 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 32 |
In 2008 Joe Calzaghe (from Wales) fought Bernard Hopkins (from the USA) in a light-heavyweight boxing match. Prior to the fight Hopkins had taunted Calzaghe with the refrain that he would never lose to a white boy. This paper assesses the interplay of discourses surrounding race and nation in the build-up to the contest between the two boxers. The analysis highlights how simplistic binaries are used to perpetuate notions of difference and considers how this accentuates divides in contested racial and national terrains
Biology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society · Theater, Performance, and Music History
After Empire
The Urban Geography of Boxing
Sports Geography
Race', Sport and British Society
Race, Sport and Politics
Whiteness
Social Identity
One week in October
‘Undisputed’ racialised masculinities
Manufacturing a Messiah
A Champion Inside the Ring and a Champion Outside it’
Boxing, national identities and the symbolic importance of place
Golden But Not Brown
The Fact(s) of Michael Jordan’s Blackness
Rethinking the Relationships between Sport and Race in American Culture
Contesting Race on Sundays
Rumbles in the Jungle
Sport and the Working Class in Modern Britain
Boxing, Masculinity and Identity
The Exploitation of Disadvantage
Role with the Punches
Taboo
Fighting for 'Respectability
Vanilla Thrillas
Rush Limbaugh, Donovan McNabb, and 'A Little Social Concern
The Occupational Culture of the Boxer
| Highly cited | No |
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