The book Tyson by Ellis Cashmore is about Mike Tyson, the famed boxer with a number of injuries, who became one of the largest draws of the late 20th century. Tyson grew in prominence through a turbulent event-filled life that had him entering and then leaving prison multiple times. Cashmore examines these incidents through an Odyssey-style read, probing Tyson for the truth of his rise to fame and degradation.
Tyson is described as being a magnet for violence and hatred, displaying characteristics of "an explosive mixture of psychic and physical anomia," disrupting White society altogether. He remains an iconic athlete who triggered debates and discussions around race and criminality. As the book turns its lens towards White society's role in Tyson's misfortunes, it reveals shocking truths about ourselves, challenging readers to examine our role in shaping the lives of others.
Электронная Книга «Tyson» написана автором Ellis Cashmore в году.
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Язык: Английский
ISBN: 9780745674575
Описание книги от Ellis Cashmore
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.
