Lemert, Charles C.,  1937- <br/><br/>
Muhammad Ali :  trickster in the culture of irony / 
Charles Lemert. 
 - 215 pages ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> From the Beginnings: GG is Gonna Whip Everybody --  Celebrity, Tricks, and Culture: Float like a Butterfly, Sting like a Bee --  Trickster Queers the World: I Don't Have to Be What You Want Me to Be --  The Irony of Global Cultures: No Viet Cong Ever Called Me Nigger --  Coming Home to the Heart of Darkness: When We Were Kings --  Trickster Bodies and Cultural Death: You'll Die One Day... So Better Get Ready --  Ali and the World: A Chronology --  Notes --  Acknowledgments --  Index.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6. 
<br/><br/> "Muhammad Ali has a unique place in global history. One of the most extraordinary athletes of all times, Ali is also, as he always was, an inadvertent but powerful figure in world affairs. From the first announcement of his membership in the Nation of Islam, through his courageous refusal to fight in Vietnam, to his spiritual calm in the face of crippling disease, Muhammad Ali's steady values have inspired others the world over to rethink their racial, political, and spiritual attitudes." "This text will appeal to those teaching and studying cultural studies, social theory, sports studies, and sociology, as well as to general readers interested in Muhammad Ali."--BOOK JACKET. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0745628702 9780745628707 0745628710 9780745628714 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003000074 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Ali, Muhammad, 1942-2016 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Boxers (Sports)--United States--Biography<br/>African American boxers--Biography
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV1132.A44  / L46 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>796.83092