Beyond A Boundary

James, C. L. R.

ISBN 10: 0822313839 / ISBN 13: 9780822313830

Verlag: Duke University Press Books, 1993

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Inhaltsangabe:

In C. L. R. James's classic Beyond a Boundary, the sport is cricket and the scene is the colonial West Indies. Always eloquent and provocative, James--the "black Plato," (as coined by the London Times)--shows us how, in the rituals of performance and conflict on the field, we are watching not just prowess but politics and psychology at play. Part memoir of a boyhood in a black colony (by one of the founding fathers of African nationalism), part passionate celebration of an unusual and unexpected game, Beyond a Boundary raises, in a warm and witty voice, serious questions about race, class, politics, and the facts of colonial oppression. Originally published in England in 1963 and in the United States twenty years later (Pantheon, 1983), this second American edition brings back into print this prophetic statement on race and sport in society.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

C. L. R. James (1901–1989), historian, novelist, cultural and political critic and activist, was born in Trinidad. He is the author of numerous books, including his well-known study of the Haitian Revolution, The Black Jacobins (1938).

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Beyond A Boundary
Verlag: Duke University Press Books
Erscheinungsdatum: 1993
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Good