| Description |
1 online resource (x, 316 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction : thinking in the vernacular -- Muhammad Ali, third-world contender -- C.L.R. James, marginal intellectual -- Stuart Hall, the scholarship boy -- Bob Marley, postcolonial sufferer |
| Summary |
In this study of four citizens of the African diaspora--American boxer Muhammad Ali, West Indian Marxist critic C.L.R. James, British cultural theorist Stuart Hall, and Jamaican musician Bob Marley--Farred develops a new category of engaged thinker: the vernacular intellectual. He offers a vision of intellectual activity that is as valid in the boxing ring as in academia |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-296) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Ali, Muhammad, 1942-2016 -- Political and social views
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James, C. L. R. (Cyril Lionel Robert), 1901-1989 -- Political and social views
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Hall, Stuart -- Political and social views
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Marley, Bob -- Political and social views
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| SUBJECT |
Ali, Muhammad, 1942-2016 fast |
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Hall, Stuart, 1932-2014 fast |
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James, C. L. R. (Cyril Lionel Robert), 1901-1989 fast |
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Marley, Bob fast |
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James, C. L. R. (Cyril Lionel Robert), 1901-1989 -- politiska och sociala åsikter. sao |
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Hall, Stuart, 1932-2014 -- politiska och sociala åsikter. sao |
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Marley, Bob -- politiska och sociala åsikter. sao |
| Subject |
Intellectuals.
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Race relations -- Political aspects.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Classes.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
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Intellectuals
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Political and social views
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Race relations -- Political aspects
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Intellektuella.
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Rasrelationer -- politiska aspekter.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2003006543 |
| ISBN |
9780816690114 |
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0816690111 |
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9780816652792 |
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0816652791 |
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