Without Apology
Girls, Women and the Desire to Fight
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2005
Weidenfeld & Nicolson (Verlag)
978-0-297-85064-9 (ISBN)
Weidenfeld & Nicolson (Verlag)
978-0-297-85064-9 (ISBN)
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This is about four urban girls and their female boxing coach that explores the larger subject of girls and aggression.
'Any girl who boxes,' writes Leah Hager Cohen, 'challenges, wittingly or not, the idea of what it means to be a girl in our culture. Through the prism of what she does with her fists, she brings a fiercely contrarian light to our most fundamental notions about femininity and power and appetite and shame and desire.' Originally intending simply to research the subject, Leah met four adolescent girls from a Boston housing project who were training under a female coach at the Somerville Boxing Club. In the course of a year, she grew close to them, learning about their families, where they grew up, their explosive friendships and experience of each other as 'intimate adversaries', and especially the damage that had turned each of them into a fighter. Drawn into the ring herself, Leah sparred with the girls and was astounded by the strength and authority of her body. 'I was beginning to get a feel for my own reach.' Spirited and provocative, Without Apology is Leah Cohen's account of what she discovered in that gym about herself, about girls who box, and ultimately about the buried connections between femininity and aggression.
'Any girl who boxes,' writes Leah Hager Cohen, 'challenges, wittingly or not, the idea of what it means to be a girl in our culture. Through the prism of what she does with her fists, she brings a fiercely contrarian light to our most fundamental notions about femininity and power and appetite and shame and desire.' Originally intending simply to research the subject, Leah met four adolescent girls from a Boston housing project who were training under a female coach at the Somerville Boxing Club. In the course of a year, she grew close to them, learning about their families, where they grew up, their explosive friendships and experience of each other as 'intimate adversaries', and especially the damage that had turned each of them into a fighter. Drawn into the ring herself, Leah sparred with the girls and was astounded by the strength and authority of her body. 'I was beginning to get a feel for my own reach.' Spirited and provocative, Without Apology is Leah Cohen's account of what she discovered in that gym about herself, about girls who box, and ultimately about the buried connections between femininity and aggression.
Born in 1967, Leah Hager Cohen is the author of the non-fiction works TRAIN GO SORRY and GLASS PAPER BEANS as well as two novels.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 11.8.2005 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 132 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 410 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung |
| ISBN-10 | 0-297-85064-4 / 0297850644 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-297-85064-9 / 9780297850649 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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