@article{ref1,
title="Fighting for "respectability": media representations of the white, "working-class" male boxing "hero"",
journal="Journal of sport and social issues",
year="2011",
author="Rhodes, James",
volume="35",
number="4",
pages="350-376",
abstract="In the United States and the United Kingdom, the White male boxer has long held a special appeal among the public and media. Boxing &quot;heroes&quot; are constructed not only on the basis of Whiteness but also on the basis of their perceived &quot;working-class&quot; nature, at a time when &quot;working-class&quot; or &quot;blue-collar&quot; identities in both the United Kingdom and the United States are subjected to forms of negative stigmatization. However, central to the appeal of the White, &quot;working-class&quot; boxing hero is their asserted &quot;respectability,&quot; which is used to establish distance from less &quot;respectable&quot; forms of raced, classed, and gendered identities. The media representations that surround boxing champions Ricky Hatton and Kelly Pavlik illustrate the way in which their &quot;respectability&quot; is asserted, explored, and related to broader conversations about a perceived growing &quot;White underclass.&quot;<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0193-7235",
doi="10.1177/0193723511426291",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0193723511426291"
}