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Mike Tyson: Nurture of the Beast (Polity celebrities series) |  | Author: Ellis Cashmore
Publisher: Polity Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 39333
Media: Paperback
Pages: 200
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0745630707
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.83092
EAN: 9780745630700
ASIN: 0745630707
Publication Date: January 11, 2004
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 Tyson : The true story April 13, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great book. Well structured,bringing to the monster to life in the form of words. The chilling start to the book and the overall structure of the first chapter draws the reader in and the subsequent chapters take you on a trip of destruction. Cashmore makes an excellent insight into the image of Mike Tyson and how he tries to keep away the stereotype of Tyson being a bad boy. He develops the image of Tyson as a black role model and how the black culture has changed since 1966. pThe comparison of Mike Tyson with Sonny Liston is scary but evitable. Lets hope we are wrong. pExcellent read, if you buy one book on Tyson, buy this one
tyson review July 14, 2006
brown (uk)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is the best book i've read in ages. It goes into depth, and kept me reading on and on. shows him from many differnet angles.
 The Tyson parts are OK March 30, 2006
Mr. C. Bunch (Kent, England)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
If you are interested in Tyson this book has something to offer, however you must be prepared for a completely blinkered view of the US from an Englishman. We are constantly subjected to one side of a story in an attempt to show the times in which Tyson had the greatest part of his career. Listen to this for example, 'There are few images in the popular imagination more terrifying to whites than that of a minatory black male.' Now in case you are wondering, no there are no statistics, research or other evidence to support this flawed and entirely racist remark. Or this, 'When a black man rapes a white woman, it reiterates a centuries-old fear about the propensities of black men and the vulnerability of white women.' Again, absolutely no supporting evidence. Or try this for size, 'Here was the surly black brute, dark, sinister and dangerous, a throwback to days when lynching or emasculation were the prescribed methods of taming bestial black males...'. Noone so far has considered Tyson bestial except for Cashmore. These are just some examples of the breathtaking racism and bias throughout this work. I bought it first time I saw it in a bookshop but I would certainly advise against buying it. Each section about Tyson is followed by a chapter on the US racial condition at the time which is loosely related to Tyson and allows a stage for Cashmore to present his often flawed racial arguments and opinions. The main problem with this book is Cashmore tries to be too clever, if he stuck to a book about Tyson it would have been good, if he had stuck to an analysis of racism in America then that too would have been good, this instead is a mishmash of nonsense wrapped around Tysons career and life. Don't buy this but take a look for a laugh at the nonsense someone who should know better has put together.
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