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- catalog abstract "In Redemption Song, Mike Marqusee takes the reader on an eye-opening excursion through the politics and culture of the 1960s, using the magisterial but often contradictory career of "the Greatest" as his guiding thread. His portrait of the boxer provides a springboard for an investigation of the themes of black representation, popular culture, the Black Atlantic, and the wool and warp of exuberant individualism and mass protest that came to typify the 1960s. Marqusee's story is populated by figures such as Paul Robeson and Jackie Robinson, Joe Louis and Kwame Nkrumah. It includes fresh examinations of Ali's friend, the singer Sam Cooke, who was a secret supporter of the Nation, and of Bob Dylan, whose retreat from protest to introspection provides an illuminating counterpoint to Ali's own journey. Marqusee also recreates in detail Ali's associations with Martin Luther King and above all with Malcolm X, a friendship that was torn apart by the paranoia and ruthlessness of Elijah Muhammad.".
- catalog contributor b11315724.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description "In Redemption Song, Mike Marqusee takes the reader on an eye-opening excursion through the politics and culture of the 1960s, using the magisterial but often contradictory career of "the Greatest" as his guiding thread. His portrait of the boxer provides a springboard for an investigation of the themes of black representation, popular culture, the Black Atlantic, and the wool and warp of exuberant individualism and mass protest that came to typify the 1960s. Marqusee's story is populated by figures such as Paul Robeson and Jackie Robinson, Joe Louis and Kwame Nkrumah.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Ali in the Prison of the Present -- The Baby Figure of the Giant Mass -- A Change Is Gonna Come -- Bringing It All Back Home -- Beyond the Confines of America -- At the Rendezvous of Victory -- Conclusion: Crowns and Garlands.".
- catalog description "It includes fresh examinations of Ali's friend, the singer Sam Cooke, who was a secret supporter of the Nation, and of Bob Dylan, whose retreat from protest to introspection provides an illuminating counterpoint to Ali's own journey. Marqusee also recreates in detail Ali's associations with Martin Luther King and above all with Malcolm X, a friendship that was torn apart by the paranoia and ruthlessness of Elijah Muhammad.".
- catalog extent "310 p. :".
- catalog identifier "185984717X (cloth)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Verso,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "796.83/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Ali, Muhammad, 1942-".
- catalog subject "Boxers (Sports) United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "GV1132.A44 M37 1999".
- catalog subject "Nineteen sixties United States.".
- catalog subject "Nineteen sixties.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Ali in the Prison of the Present -- The Baby Figure of the Giant Mass -- A Change Is Gonna Come -- Bringing It All Back Home -- Beyond the Confines of America -- At the Rendezvous of Victory -- Conclusion: Crowns and Garlands.".
- catalog title "Redemption song : Muhammad Ali and the spirit of the sixties / Mike Marqusee.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".