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Troy Rondinone - Friday Night Fighter: Gaspar Indio Ortega and the Golden Age of Television Boxing - 9780252037375 - V9780252037375
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Friday Night Fighter: Gaspar Indio Ortega and the Golden Age of Television Boxing

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Description for Friday Night Fighter: Gaspar Indio Ortega and the Golden Age of Television Boxing Hardback. Relives a lost moment in American postwar history, when boxing ruled as one of the nation's most widely televised sports. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; APT; JFC; WSTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.

Friday Night Fighter relives a lost moment in American postwar history, when boxing ruled as one of the nation's most widely televised sports. During the 1950s and 1960s, viewers tuned in weekly, sometimes even daily, to watch widely recognized fighters engage in primordial battle; the Gillette Cavalcade of Sports Friday Night Fights was the most popular fight show. Troy Rondinone follows the dual narratives of the Friday Night Fights show and the individual story of Gaspar "Indio" Ortega, a boxer who appeared on prime-time network television more than almost any other boxer in history. From humble beginnings growing up poor ... Read more

Rondinone explores the factors contributing to the success of televised boxing, including the rise of television entertainment, the role of a "reality" blood sport, Cold War masculinity, changing attitudes toward race in America, and the influence of organized crime. At times evoking the drama and spectacle of the Friday Night Fights themselves, this volume is a lively examination of a time in history when Americans crowded around their sets to watch the main event.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252037375
SKU
V9780252037375
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Troy Rondinone
Troy Rondinone is an associate professor of history at Southern Connecticut State University and the author of The Great Industrial War: Framing Class Conflict in the Media, 1865-1950.

Reviews for Friday Night Fighter: Gaspar Indio Ortega and the Golden Age of Television Boxing
"Troy Rondinone's history of television's first go-round with boxing is outstanding in every respect. Twinning it with the riveting life story of the popular veteran of 200 or so pro fights was inspired."
Cyber Boxing Zone "A superior piece of sports history. . . . Friday Night Fighter is not only a lively historical analysis of boxing, it is consistently perceptive, ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Friday Night Fighter: Gaspar Indio Ortega and the Golden Age of Television Boxing


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