"An essay must do more than say something, " writes Gerald Early; "It must be something in its own right." The Culture of Bruising is Gerald Early's long-awaited sequel to his award-winning first volume of essays Tuxedo Junction and, in the same spirit, he explores not only a variety of subjects but the form of the essay itself. Early's cultural ruminations on the sport of prize-fighting form the intellectual core and central metaphor of this book. That is to say, his subject, when writing about boxing, is not just the ...
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"An essay must do more than say something, " writes Gerald Early; "It must be something in its own right." The Culture of Bruising is Gerald Early's long-awaited sequel to his award-winning first volume of essays Tuxedo Junction and, in the same spirit, he explores not only a variety of subjects but the form of the essay itself. Early's cultural ruminations on the sport of prize-fighting form the intellectual core and central metaphor of this book. That is to say, his subject, when writing about boxing, is not just the culture of bruising or the world of the prizefighter but rather the culture as bruising - as a structure of opposition against the individual. Early's subjects range far and wide - essays in which he shares with us his considerable insights and expertise on such various subjects as multiculturalism and Black History Month, baseball, racist memorabilia, performance magic and race, Malcolm X, early jazz music, and finally, the raising of daughters. In every essay the form strengthens the content and gracefully balances the elements of research and opinion. Early becomes by turns the critic, skeptic, autobiographer, biographer, storyteller, cultural and literary scholar, detached citizen, and bemused parent. He integrates these voices with the skill of an accomplished choirmaster. The Culture of Bruising is an important and captivating collection of essays that treats issues of justice and racism in the context of sports, music, and other activities Americans value most. Early is a vigilant and highly sensitive observer of our culture, a culture based on the paradoxical combination of self-destruction and violence with personal empowerment and triumph.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 9x6x1; Minor wear to binding & edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. Dj lightly shelf worn with small scuffs & one tear on back cover. Dust jacket in a mylar cover.
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Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 0880013109. Blue cloth spine blocked in gilt. The dust jacket has slight creasing to the rear panel. Essays about topics ranging from boxing, baseball, and jazz, to magic, race and life with daughters. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.; 285 pages.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Sports/Fitness Book is in excellent condition with a tiny bit of shelf wear along the lower edge only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears, now wrapped in protective clear cover. 285 pages. Contents include: Black intellectual and the sport of prizefighting, The Patterson-Liston fight, Battling Kiki: the boxer as natural man, Romance of toughness: LaMorta and Graziano, Malcolm X and the failure of afrocentrism, etc.
