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The Culture of Bruising: Essays on Prizefighting, Literature, and Modern American Culture
The Culture of Bruising Essays on Prizefighting Literature and Modern American Culture Author:Gerald Early The sport of prizefighting forms the intellectual core and central metaphor of this celebrated collection by one of our most daring writers. Early's subjects, though, range far and wide--his insights and expertise illuminate subjects from multiculturalism, Black History Month, and baseball to racist memorabilia, Malcolm X, early jazz m... more »usic, and the raising of daughters. Important and captivating, The Culture of Bruising, as William Gass has written, "provide[s] for the reader an almost continuous revelation."« less