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Cashmore''s eviscerating analysis of Tyson''s life and the culture in which he grew up, rose to prominence and descended into disgrace provokes the reader into re-thinking the role of one of the most controversial and infamous figures of recent history. Told as an odyssey-style homeward journey to Tyson''s multi-pathological origins in the racially-explosive ghettos of the 1960s, Tyson''s story is part biography, part tragedy and part exposition. His associations with people like Al Sharpton, Don King and Tupac Shakur shaped his life; and events, such as the O J Simpson trial and the Rodney King riots, formed a turbulent background for the Tyson psychodrama.
Over the course of an epic boxing career, Tyson was transformed from the most celebrated athlete on earth to a primal, malevolent hate-figure. Yet, even after being condemned as a brute, Tyson retained a power - a power to captivate. Cashmore reveals that the sources of that power lie as much in us as in Tyson himself.
Industry Reviews
Grant Wahl, Sports Illustrated
?Ellis Cashmore has gone beneath the persona of Tyson with
intelligent sensitivity. He has pointed us towards the motives in
the psyche of an extraordinary figure in the history of sport and
analysed why Tyson remains such a figure of fascination to so many
people.?
John Goodbody, The Times
?Ellis Cashmore?s book will fascinate and frustrate
an unusually wide range of readers. He juxtaposes the biography of
Mike Tyson against mini-narratives of other prominent athletes and
celebrities, African American leaders, and contemporaneous
incidents, allowing biographical narrative to unfold almost
seamlessly into analysis and cultural history. In situating Tyson
in his times, Cashmore offers an uncompromising critique of late
twentieth-century US race relations, as well as presenting a
compelling account of an intriguing career and life
story.?
Douglas Hartmann, University of Minnesota
"His account is a well-written and fascinating attempt to help
us understand this. It will undoubtedly appeal to a large
readership. It is not a purely academic read, but neither is it a
trashy hagiography. As such it deserves a broad audience outside of
what is traditional for an 'academic' book."
Guy Osborn, University of Westminster
ISBN: 9780745630700
ISBN-10: 0745630707
Series: Celebrities
Published: 17th November 2004
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 200
Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Country of Publication: GB
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 22.4 x 15.5 x 2.2
Weight (kg): 0.45
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