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Mike Tyson: Nurture of the Beast (Polity celebrities series) (Paperback)
by Ellis Cashmore (Author) "Imagine this. It's 1982 ..." (more)
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Product details
  • Paperback: 200 pages
  • Publisher: Polity Press (11 Jan 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0745630707
  • ISBN-13: 978-0745630700
  • Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 158,265 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #10 in  Books > Biography > Social & Health Issues > Racism
    #47 in  Books > Biography > Sport > Boxing
    #82 in  Books > Sports, Hobbies & Games > Combat Sports & Self-Defence > Boxing

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  • Other Editions: Hardcover  |  All Editions


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Synopsis
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. 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.

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