{"product_id":"queer-street-cornelius-chapman-9780718898519","title":"Queer Street: The Curious Connections Between Boxing and the Homoerotic","description":"\u003cb\u003eA history of boxing, focussing on the interconnection between government restrictions on male-male violence and homoerotic relations.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePhysical displays of affection between opponents are most intense in the most violent sports, such as American football and boxing. Queer Street: The Curious Connections Between Boxing and the Homoerotic is a history of the combat sport we now call boxing, focussing on the double-helix like interconnection between government restrictions on male-male violence and homoerotic relations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy examining the development of these two impulses from ancient times to the present and across cultures from the Pacific Islands to England, we see that they are both part of man's nature, and may in fact be closely linked. The love-hate triangle among Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred \"Bosie\" Douglas and his father, the Marquess of Queensberry, serves as a fulcrum on which the violent terms of engagement between boxers that preceded the Queensberry Rules--and prosecution of gays merely for \"gross indecency\"--are compared to the world that came after them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLove and death are the two great themes of world literature; that they may flow from the same spring within the male psyche is the question Queer Street seeks to answer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornelius Chapman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0718898516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780718898519\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lutterworth Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Cornelius Chapman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48930370617599,"sku":"9780718898519","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/queer-street-cornelius-chapman-9780718898519","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}