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The Boxing Filmography: American Features, 1920-2003
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Frederick V. Romano. The Boxing Filmography: American Features, 1920-2003. McFarland, 2004. 240 pages; $39.95.
Brutal Sport
Although sometimes referred to as the "sweet science," boxing is a brutal sport, which, nonetheless, enjoys considerable popularity in the United States and around the world. For many minority groups in the United States, such as the Irish, Jews, Italians, African Americans, and Latinos, boxing has offered a path to social mobility within a discriminatory culture in which more traditional business and educational alternatives are not readily available. It is also a favorite topic for intellectuals ranging from Ernest Hemingway to Norman Mailer to …
