Title Come out swinging : the changing world of boxing in Gleason's gym / Lucia Trimbur.

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Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]

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Contents	Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Prominent Participants; Preface; CHAPTER ONE: SURVIVAL IN A CITY TRANSFORMED: THE URBAN BOXING GYM IN POSTINDUSTRIAL NEW YORK; CHAPTER TWO: WORK WITHOUT WAGES; CHAPTER THREE: TOUGH LOVE AND INTIMACY IN A COMMUNITY OF MEN; CHAPTER FOUR: PASSING TIME: THE EXPRESSIVE CULTURE OF EVERYDAY GYM LIFE; CHAPTER FIVE: THE CHANGING POLITICS OF GENDER; CHAPTER SIX: BUYING AND SELLING BLACKNESS: WHITE-COLLAR BOXING AND THE CULTURAL CAPITAL OF RACIAL DIFFERENCE; EPILOGUE; Methodological Appendix: Ethnographic Research in the Urban Gym.
Summary	Gleason's Gym is the last remaining institution of New York's Golden Age of boxing. Jake LaMotta, Muhammad Ali, Hector Camacho, Mike Tyson--the alumni of Gleason's are a roster of boxing greats. Founded in the Bronx in 1937, Gleason's moved in the mid-1980s to what has since become one of New York's wealthiest residential areas--Brooklyn's DUMBO. Gleason's has also transformed, opening its doors to new members, particularly women and white-collar men. Come Out Swinging is Lucia Trimbur's nuanced insider's account of a place that was once the domain of poor and working-class men of co.
Subject	Boxing -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
	Gymnasiums -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
	Athletic clubs -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
	Boxers (Sports) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
	Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- History.
	Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
	GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
	SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
	SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
	SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
	SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
	TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
	Athletic clubs. (OCoLC)fst00820093
	Boxers (Sports) (OCoLC)fst00837275
	Boxing. (OCoLC)fst00837290
	Gymnasiums. (OCoLC)fst00949578
	Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
	New York (State) -- New York. (OCoLC)fst01204333
	New York (State) -- New York -- Brooklyn. (OCoLC)fst01312516
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: 9780691150291 069115029X (DLC) 2012049335
ISBN	1400846064 (electronic bk.)
	9781400846061 (electronic bk.)

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