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• catalog abstract ""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.".
• catalog contributor b5874165.
• catalog created "c1994.".
• catalog date "1994".
• catalog date "c1994.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
• catalog description ""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.".
• catalog description "1. Prizefighting and the modern world: The Black intellectual and the sport of prizefighting -- The unquiet kingdom of providence: the Patterson-Liston fight -- Battling Siki: the boxer as a natural man -- The romance of toughness: LaMotta and Graziano -- 2. Habitations of the mask: Two notes toward a definition of multiculturalism -- The American mysticism of remembrance -- House of Ruth, House of Robinson: some observations on baseball, biography, and the American myth -- Collecting "the artificial nigger": race and American material culture -- Pulp and circumstance: the story of jazz in high places -- Black Herman comes through only once every seven years: Black magic, white magic, and American culture -- Notes on the invention of Malcolm X: wrestling with the dark angel -- Malcolm X and the failure of Afrocentrism -- 3. Life with daughters: Life with daughters: watching the Miss America pageant -- Life with daughters: the cakewalk with Shirley Temple.".
• catalog description "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.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
• catalog description "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.".
• catalog extent "xvii, 285 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Culture of bruising.".
• catalog identifier "0880013109".
• catalog isFormatOf "Culture of bruising.".
• catalog issued "1994".
• catalog issued "c1994.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Hopewell, N.J. : Ecco Press,".
• catalog relation "Culture of bruising.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "796.8/3 20".
• catalog subject "African Americans Social conditions.".
• catalog subject "Boxing United States Philosophy.".
• catalog subject "Cultural pluralism United States.".
• catalog subject "GV1125 .C85 1994".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Prizefighting and the modern world: The Black intellectual and the sport of prizefighting -- The unquiet kingdom of providence: the Patterson-Liston fight -- Battling Siki: the boxer as a natural man -- The romance of toughness: LaMotta and Graziano -- 2. Habitations of the mask: Two notes toward a definition of multiculturalism -- The American mysticism of remembrance -- House of Ruth, House of Robinson: some observations on baseball, biography, and the American myth -- Collecting "the artificial nigger": race and American material culture -- Pulp and circumstance: the story of jazz in high places -- Black Herman comes through only once every seven years: Black magic, white magic, and American culture -- Notes on the invention of Malcolm X: wrestling with the dark angel -- Malcolm X and the failure of Afrocentrism -- 3. Life with daughters: Life with daughters: watching the Miss America pageant -- Life with daughters: the cakewalk with Shirley Temple.".
• catalog title "Culture of bruising : essays on prizefighting, literature, and modern American culture / edited by Gerald Early.".
• catalog type "text".