Tyson (eBook)

Nurture of the Beast

Ellis Cashmore (Autor)

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2013 | 1. Auflage
288 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-7456-5733-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Beast. Monster. Savage. Psycho. The glowering menace of Mike Tyson
has spooked us for almost two decades. And still we remain
fascinated. Why? Ellis Cashmore's answer is disturbing: white
society has created Tyson as vengeance for the loss of privilege
produced by civil rights.

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.

Autor

Ellis Cashmore is Professor of Culture, Media and Sport at Staffordshire University

Inhalt

Acknowledgments vii

one INTRODUCTION: I WILL KILL YOU. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THIS? 1

two IF YOU'D BE KIND ENOUGH, I'D LOVE TO DO IT AGAIN
13

three ARE YOU AN ANIMAL? IT DEPENDS 29

four LIKE WATCHING A SERENGETI LION RIP INTO A WARTHOG 43

five HIS VITAL ORGANS IN EXCHANGE FOR FORGIVENESS 60

six GOD'S PLANNING TO SCREW HIM 87

seven TO RAPE THE VIRGINAL BLACK PRINCESS 108

eight IN HANDCUFFS IN THE BACK OF A POLICE CRUISER 131

nine THEY BELIEVE WHITE MEN HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR BLACK SUCCESS
144

ten TIME TO LEAVE THE WHITE MAN'S WORLD 162

eleven FACTS ARE LOST IN THE PRECONCEPTIONS OF RACIAL GRIEVANCE
191

twelve GIVE HIM ENOUGH TIME AND THE NIGGER WILL COME OUT IN HIM
AGAIN 213

thirteen THE DEBT OF THE GHETTO BOUND 231

fourteen YOU'D STILL LOOK AT ME AS A SCUMBAG 245

Bibliography 256

Index 260

Rezensionen

"A terrific read! This a fascinating study of a central
figure in American life. Meticulously researched and perfectly
timed, Tyson does more than any previous work to put Mike
Tyson's story in its proper sprawling context."

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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.4.2013
• Reihe/Serie: Polity celebrities series
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Schlagworte: Communication & Media Studies • Kommunikation u. Medienforschung • Kultursoziologie • Sociology • Sociology of Culture • Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-7456-5733-8 / 0745657338
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-5733-2 / 9780745657332