Name: Close of Play: President, Prince, and Cricket (en Inglés)
Price: 25540.00 CLP
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Author: William Walcott
ISBN: 9781551647166

portada Close of Play: President, Prince, and Cricket (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Black Rose Books

Autor

William Walcott

Año

2019

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

225

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN13

9781551647166

Categorías

Ciencias políticas

Close of Play: President, Prince, and Cricket (en Inglés)

William Walcott (Autor) · Black Rose Books · Tapa Blanda

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In this allegorical excursion, William Walcott explores the intersections between United States politics and the game of cricket in a book reminiscent of C. L. R. James’s classic Beyond a Boundary. In Close of Play, Walcott highlights the careers of former US president Barack Obama and the Trinidadian cricket and cultural phenom Brian Lara—one of the greatest batsmen of all time, who Obama once called “the Michael Jordan of cricket.” Readers are invited to explore the parallel poetics of politics and sport through the life and words of these luminaries, both of whom promised to deliver far-reaching social change yet found themselves “on the back foot.” In his analysis, Walcott delves into matters of Caribbean and American identity, political leadership, oratory, and the blending of cricket vocabulary into political commentary. He also challenges us to understand the sociological links between international sport, socio-economic inequality, and racial politics. This book is a fascinating journey into the world of global sociopolitical life and the curiosities of language embedded in cricket and political play, both of which constitute enormous sectors within a multibillion dollar “sticky wicket” of transnational capitalism.