Chapter 3 Boxer cool
This chapter examines the apparent look of nonchalance evinced by boxers in the face of danger and harm—what is characterized as ‘boxer cool’. It is argued that boxer cool is a culturally derived repertoire of looks, stances and gestures acquired over time, and crucial to navigating lived structural...
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| description | This chapter examines the apparent look of nonchalance evinced by boxers in the face of danger and harm—what is characterized as ‘boxer cool’. It is argued that boxer cool is a culturally derived repertoire of looks, stances and gestures acquired over time, and crucial to navigating lived structural and physical violence. In boxer cool, elements, lessons, and know-how from the world of ‘the hood’ are recalibrated and effectively redeployed in the context of training and competing in the sport of boxing. Boxer cool is derivative of a milieu where individuals must learn to self-manage the complex emotional states and potential conflicts continually emergent in the physical and structural violence endemic to their daily life. Boxer cool thus finds its immediate origins not primarily in the gym or ring but in the necessary cultivation of sophisticated orientations, coping mechanisms, and practices of self-management in persistently dangerous and harmful contexts. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1224582025-06-24T08:31:57Z Chapter 3 Boxer cool Lewandowski, Joseph D aesthetics; boxer; boxing; constraint; cool; cornerman; culture; ethics; ethnography; gym; identity; martial arts; philosophy of sport; pugilism; social capital; status; sweet science; urban; violence bic Book Industry Communication::W Lifestyle, sport & leisure::WS Sports & outdoor recreation bic Book Industry Communication::W Lifestyle, sport & leisure::WS Sports & outdoor recreation::WST Combat sports & self-defence::WSTB Boxing bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBS Sociology: sport & leisure This chapter examines the apparent look of nonchalance evinced by boxers in the face of danger and harm—what is characterized as ‘boxer cool’. It is argued that boxer cool is a culturally derived repertoire of looks, stances and gestures acquired over time, and crucial to navigating lived structural and physical violence. In boxer cool, elements, lessons, and know-how from the world of ‘the hood’ are recalibrated and effectively redeployed in the context of training and competing in the sport of boxing. Boxer cool is derivative of a milieu where individuals must learn to self-manage the complex emotional states and potential conflicts continually emergent in the physical and structural violence endemic to their daily life. Boxer cool thus finds its immediate origins not primarily in the gym or ring but in the necessary cultivation of sophisticated orientations, coping mechanisms, and practices of self-management in persistently dangerous and harmful contexts. 2023-11-17T10:27:09Z 2023-11-17T10:27:09Z 2023-10-30T13:19:14Z 2022 chapter https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/77042 9781032018898 9781032052366 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/122458 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/77042/1/9781003196693_10.4324_9781003196693-3.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/77042/1/9781003196693_10.4324_9781003196693-3.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/77042/1/9781003196693_10.4324_9781003196693-3.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003196693-3 10.4324/9781003196693-3 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 On Boxing 9781032018898 9781032052366 Routledge 8 open access |
| spellingShingle | aesthetics; boxer; boxing; constraint; cool; cornerman; culture; ethics; ethnography; gym; identity; martial arts; philosophy of sport; pugilism; social capital; status; sweet science; urban; violence bic Book Industry Communication::W Lifestyle, sport & leisure::WS Sports & outdoor recreation bic Book Industry Communication::W Lifestyle, sport & leisure::WS Sports & outdoor recreation::WST Combat sports & self-defence::WSTB Boxing bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBS Sociology: sport & leisure Lewandowski, Joseph D Chapter 3 Boxer cool |
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| topic | aesthetics; boxer; boxing; constraint; cool; cornerman; culture; ethics; ethnography; gym; identity; martial arts; philosophy of sport; pugilism; social capital; status; sweet science; urban; violence bic Book Industry Communication::W Lifestyle, sport & leisure::WS Sports & outdoor recreation bic Book Industry Communication::W Lifestyle, sport & leisure::WS Sports & outdoor recreation::WST Combat sports & self-defence::WSTB Boxing bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBS Sociology: sport & leisure |
| topic_facet | aesthetics; boxer; boxing; constraint; cool; cornerman; culture; ethics; ethnography; gym; identity; martial arts; philosophy of sport; pugilism; social capital; status; sweet science; urban; violence bic Book Industry Communication::W Lifestyle, sport & leisure::WS Sports & outdoor recreation bic Book Industry Communication::W Lifestyle, sport & leisure::WS Sports & outdoor recreation::WST Combat sports & self-defence::WSTB Boxing bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBS Sociology: sport & leisure |
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