{"product_id":"12-rounds-in-los-gym","title":"12 Rounds in Lo's Gym","description":"\u003cp\u003eQuestions of class and gender in Appalachia have, in the wake of the 2016 presidential election and the runaway success of \u003cem\u003eHillbilly Elegy\u003c\/em\u003e, moved to the forefront of national conversations about politics and culture. From Todd Snyder, a first generation college student turned college professor, comes a passionate commentary on these themes in a family memoir set in West Virginia coal country.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e12 Rounds in Lo's Gym\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of the author's father, Mike \"Lo\" Snyder, a fifth generation West Virginia coal miner who opened a series of makeshift boxing gyms with the goal of providing local at-risk youth with the opportunities that eluded his adolescence. Taking these hardscrabble stories as his starting point, Snyder interweaves a history of the region, offering a smart analysis of the costs--both financial and cultural--of an economy built around extractive industries.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nPart love letter to Appalachia, part rigorous social critique, readers may find \u003cem\u003e12 Rounds in Lo's Gym\u003c\/em\u003e--and its narrative of individual and community strength in the face of globalism's headwinds--a welcome corrective to popular narratives that blame those in the region for their troubles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"West Virginia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52657432527215,"sku":"9781946684127","price":161.42,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/9384\/9711\/files\/1946684120.jpg?v=1770813525","url":"https:\/\/internacional.umlivro.com.br\/products\/12-rounds-in-los-gym","provider":"UmLivro Internacional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}