Anyone but England

Cricket, Race and Class

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

WINNER OF THE LORD ABERDARE LITERARY PRIZE, 1994SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD, 1994Now with a new introduction by Rahul Bhattacharya, Anyone But England is a detailed exploration into the origins of cricket; the romance, cultural identity, hypocrisy, flaws of governance and glory of the game.Mike Marqusee, an American who fell in love with cricket when he moved to the UK in the 1970s, looks at the history of elitism and empire, and how race and class have always been issues in the game. Scrutinising the long saga of South Africa’s exclusion from world cricket, Marqusee charts England’s collusion with apartheid, and also details an eye-opening account of Pakistan’s controversial ‘ball-tampering’ tour of England, which provoked intense debate amongst cricket fans about the role of both the media and racism in the modern game.Showing that supporting the game does not mean you need be blind to its flaws, Marqusee’s passion and enthusiasm for cricket is threaded through every element of Anyone But England.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-12-15
Mått:153 x 234 x 19 mm
Vikt:513 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:368
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781448216703
Utmärkelser:Winner of The Lord Aberdare Literary Prize for Sports History 1994 (UK)

Utforska kategorier

Bollsport inom Sport, fritid och hobby
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Mike Marqusee (1953–2015) was a journalist, political activist and author who was born in New York City, and who emigrated to Britain in 1971, where he developed a love of cricket. As well as his many books, Mike published articles in the Guardian, the Independent, the Daily Telegraph, the Observer, BBC History Magazine and India Today. He also was a columnist for the Indian newspaper The Hindu and for the British left-wing magazine Red Pepper. In 1995, Mike helped set up 'Hit Racism for Six', a campaign against racism in cricket and in 2005 was named an Honorary Faculty Fellow by the University of Brighton in recognition of his ‘contribution to the development of a critically-based form of journalistic scholarship in the social, cultural and political nature of contemporary global sport.’

Recensioner i media

This is a different kind of cricket book, a very different kind ... Marqusee is withering in his exposure of the racism and hypocrisy prevalent in the English cricket scene

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction by Rahul Bhattacharya1. Culture Clash2. The Prison of English History3. The Cathedral and the Cult4. Permanent Revolution5. The Level Playing Field6. Politics and the National Game7. English Cricket in a Shrinking World8. Cricket, Nation, Market 1994–19989. Ten Years After: English Cricket in 2004BibliographyFootnotesA Note on the Author