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@article{ Heiskanen2006,
 title = {On the ground and off},
 author = {Heiskanen, Benita},
 journal = {European Journal of Cultural Studies},
 number = {4},
 pages = {481-496},
 volume = {9},
 year = {2006},
 doi = {https://doi.org/10.1177/1367549406069069},
 urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-227001},
 abstract = {In the United States, prizefighting carries deep-seated meanings as an ethnically and                racially delineated, class-based and gendered practice. At present, the sport is                characterized by its ongoing ‘latinization’ corresponding to                Latinos’ integration endeavors in urban USA. This article examines boxing                as a locus for identity formations. Based on four years of ethnographic fieldwork                with a community of Latino prizefighters in Austin, TX between 2000 and 2004, the                research draws on life-story interviews conducted with the boxers, while their                experiences are situated within a theoretical framework of the body in space and                place. The fieldwork brings the research ‘onto the ground’ to                the actual sites-such as the boxing gym, the weigh-in and the competition                venue-where the athletes conduct their occupation on a daily basis. As professional                boxing determines these worker-athletes’ physical prowess, it also shapes                their identities, day-to-day survival and their very mode of being in the world.},
}