Fight Pictures: A History of Boxing and Early Cinema
Dan StreibleThe first filmed prizefight, Veriscope's Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight (1897) became one of cinema's first major attractions, ushering in an era in which hugely successful boxing films helped transform a stigmatized sport into legitimate entertainment. Exploring a significant and fascinating period in the development of modern sports and media, Fight Pictures is the first work to chronicle the mostly forgotten story of how legitimate bouts, fake fights, comic sparring matches, and more came to silent-era screens and became part of American popular culture.
Կատեգորիաներ:
Տարի:
2008
Հրատարակչություն:
University of California Press
Լեզու:
english
Էջեր:
424
ISBN 10:
052094058X
ISBN 13:
9780520940581
Ֆայլ:
PDF, 4.77 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2008