TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2001//
TI  - The origins of French boxing: bare-knuckle duelling, savate and chausson, 1820-45
JO  - International journal of the history of sport
A1  - Loudcher, J. F.
SP  - 168
EP  - 178
VL  - 18
IS  - 2
N2  - Savate, also called chausson, or French boxing is a combat activity characterized by kicking and punching. Its inception reaches back to the Restoration and the monarchy of Louis-Philippe (1818-48) although it was not recognised as a combat sport until the twentieth century. This article, based on a variety of rich sources (police reports, newspapers, books, etc.) demonstrates how, on the one hand, the origins of savate can be traced back to the bare-fisted duels of the Restoration and, on the other hand, its emergence corresponds to the mutation of structural order as put forth by M. Foucault.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0952-3367
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/714001559
ID  - ref1
ER  -