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Chargement... Gouge and Bite, Pull Hair and Scratch: The Social Significance of Fighting in the Southern Backcountrypar Elliott J. Gorn
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What can I say. This article was grossly fascinating. Raised in the South, I had no idea that "Rough and Tumble" referred to a specific no-holds-barred type of fighting that included eye-gouging, the biting off of whatever body part a contestant could get access to, and even castration.
The author develops these themes with both legal and personal records, and attempts to explain from where the 'style' originated, how it spread west across the U.S., and how the concept of 'honor' was tied into this peculiar male activity.
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