Muhammad Ali : the making of an icon / Michael Ezra.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ezra, Michael, 1972-

Series:

Sporting (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Sporting

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ali, Muhammad, 1942-2016.

Ali, Muhammad.

Boxers (Sports)--United States--Biography.

Boxers (Sports).

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xi, 233 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2009.

Summary:

Sports / American studies / African American Studies

"[T]his book increases our understanding of how difficult it is to know the real Ali, a simple man paradoxically imbued with great complexity." -Library Journal

In the series Sporting, edited by Amy Bass.

Contents:

Louisville's favorite son : the professional debut

Choosing management : the courtship of Cassius Clay

The early bouts, 1961-1962

Clay vs. Moore : the seminal text

The most hated man in boxing? The early bouts, 1963

Damage control through moral authority : the Louisville Sponsoring Group's specialty

The relationship between Cassius Clay and Louisville Sponsoring Group : a summary

The commercial elements of Clay-Liston I

Main Bout, Inc. : how commerce affects culture

Carving out moral authority: Ali's race man phase

Forty years of Ali : the making of an icon

The legacy of Ali's exile and the Nation of Islam

The prodigal son returns

King of the world : the consequences of monarchy

Death of a salesman

Lonnie Ali : the savior

Thomas Hauser : the literary rehabilitation of Ali's legend

Olympic torch : from literature to television

Beyond moral authority : the apotheosis of Muhammad Ali

Culture meets commerce : the Muhammad Ali center, naming rights, and the price of moral authority

The backlash : exploring contradictory meanings of Ali.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-228) and index.

ISBN:

9781592136612

1592136613

9781592136629

1592136621

OCLC:

226357378