Beyond a Boundary - Softcover

James, C.L.R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0822313839 ISBN 13: 9780822313830

Publisher: Duke University Press, 1993

Synopsis

In C. L. R. James's classic Beyond a Boundary, the sport is cricket and the scene is the colonial West Indies. Always eloquent and provocative, James--the "black Plato," (as coined by the London Times)--shows us how, in the rituals of performance and conflict on the field, we are watching not just prowess but politics and psychology at play. Part memoir of a boyhood in a black colony (by one of the founding fathers of African nationalism), part passionate celebration of an unusual and unexpected game, Beyond a Boundary raises, in a warm and witty voice, serious questions about race, class, politics, and the facts of colonial oppression. Originally published in England in 1963 and in the United States twenty years later (Pantheon, 1983), this second American edition brings back into print this prophetic statement on race and sport in society.

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Review:

"If you want to look deeper into cricket's intriguing history, check out" Beyond a Boundary" by C.L.R. James. First published in 1963, this modern cricket classic is both a tribute to the game that James grew up playing in his native Trinidad and a memoir of his years in England as a radical writer leading the crusade for West Indian independence." --"Utne Reader" "A book of remarkable richness and force, which vastly expands our understanding of sports as an element of popular culture in the Western and colonial world." --Mark Naison, "The Nation" "[This] is a work of double reverence--for the resilient, elegant ritualism of cricket and for the black people of the world." --Whitney Balliett, "New Yorker" "Beyond a Boundary is an extraordinary work...." --David Lammy, "BBC History"

From the Publisher:

One of the greatest of all sports books, now reissued with a new introduction.

About this edition

• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0822313839
• ISBN 13: 9780822313830
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 291