{"product_id":"rings-of-dissent-rudy-mondragzen-9780252046865","title":"Rings of Dissent: Boxing and Performances of Rebellion","description":"Professional boxers practice their trade within an ostensibly apolitical arena. In reality, however, the fighters work inside a capitalistic and neoliberal sports culture that they both challenge and uphold. This collection delves into professional boxing's capacity for brilliance, contradiction, resistance, and complicity. Scholars, activists, and artists explore the boxing ring as a site for understanding original and diverse ideas about the performance of race, citizenship, gender, power, and dissent. Essays and interviews draw attention to the cultural politics and performances of marginalized boxers while revealing the structures of power and practices of agency at work around Black, Brown, and queer bodies. As the contributors establish boxing's central place in communities of color, they open exciting new avenues for studying race, immigration, gender, and capital. Multifaceted and innovative, \u003ci\u003eRings of Dissent \u003c\/i\u003euncovers fascinating corners of the boxing world as it illuminates what the sport tells us about America. \u003cb\u003eContributors: \u003c\/b\u003e José M. Alamillo, Roberto José Andrade Franco, Gaye Theresa Johnson, Javon Johnson, Priscilla Leiva, David J. Leonard, Kyle T. Mays, Rudy Mondragón, Louis Moore, Mark Anthony Neal, Lucia Trimbur, and Dave Zirin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rudy Mondragón\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252046862\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252046865\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Rudy Mondragón","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47039739560191,"sku":"9780252046865","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e8df9d38-71c7-4120-8fd6-0b630168a2ee.jpg?v=1752752418","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rings-of-dissent-rudy-mondragzen-9780252046865","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}