Death in the Ring

C. Nathan Hatton is Assistant Professor of History in the Department of Humanities at Cape Breton University (Canada). He was a contributor to the Palgrave Handbook of Sport, Politics and Harm (2022).David M. K. Sheinin is Professor of History at Trent University (Canada). His most recent co-edited book is The Statues and Legacies of Combat Athletes in the Americas (Lexington, 2024).Cesar R. Torres is Professor of Kinesiology and Sport Studies at the SUNY Brockport (U.S). He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology and Vice-president of the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education.

• I - Morality and Social DeathThe Morality of Combat Sports: A ReevaluationNicholas DixonBoxing and Social DeathDavid M. K. Sheinin‘No Tap’: The Scorn of Safety, the Absence of Regulation, and Toxic Masculinity: The Frightening Risk of Injury in Mixed Martial Arts in TorontoMatthew McKeown and Bruce KiddII – Race and Madness“War Minus the Shooting.” Deaths in Ancient Greek AthleticsNigel Crowther“Haven’t I a friend in the house?”: Osborne Taylor and Violent Death in Early Canadian WrestlingC. Nathan HattonAs He Lived: Journalistic Commemoration of Jack Johnson’s Death in 1946Carrie Teresa IsardIII – Honor and TechniqueDeath Before Dishonor: Civilizing Combat SportsGerald R. GemsMitsuharu Misawa: Life and Death on the King’s RoadAaron D. Horton“Now I break you, like I broke your friend”: Foreign Baddies and Doomed Sidekicks in the 1980s Combat Sports FilmTom Peotto

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