Boxers, Briefs or Bras? Bodies, Gender and Change in the Boxing Gym
@article{Paradis2012BoxersBO, title={Boxers, Briefs or Bras? Bodies, Gender and Change in the Boxing Gym}, author={E. Paradis}, journal={Body & Society}, year={2012}, volume={18}, pages={109 - 82} }
In this ethnography of Full Contact, a San Francisco Bay Area boxing gym, I use Bourdieu’s theory of practice to illustrate how ‘rules of the game’ shape people’s perceptions, interactions and positions (capital). First, I show how the unwritten, unspoken rules of boxing as a field (its doxa) impact readings of bodies and bodily capital, readings that then have an impact on micro-level interactions and hierarchies at Full Contact. Second, I show the micro-level consequences of hysteresis… CONTINUE READING
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