{"product_id":"9781350452213","title":"Cricket and its Life Narratives From Tour Diaries to Podcasts","description":"\u003ch3\u003eNew Directions in Life Narrative\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eCricket and its Life Narratives\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFrom Tour Diaries to Podcasts\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eClaire Westall | Kate Douglas | Rakesh Ramamoorthy | John David Zuern | Anna Poletti\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ European \/ English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith its own unique, complex and international literary culture that straddles many different forms of biographical writing, this is the first interdisciplinary collection to investigate the links between cricket and life narrative.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConcentrating on the lives of professional cricketers, but also drawing on how 'cricketing life' is narrated by amateurs, fans and journalists, this book unpacks and challenges cricket's own mythic constructions of player 'types', examines how such roles help build player profiles and celebrity status outside the game and also explores the intimate links between cricket and issues of race, class, gender and communal or national belonging. With coverage of biographies, autobiographies, essays, diaries, memoirs, and travelogues, as well as testimonies, documentaries, podcasts and even twitter feeds, an array of international and field-leading scholars consider  all major cricket-playing 'nations' – England, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and the West Indies – and assess writing linked to some of the game's global megastars, including Don Bradman, Viv Richards, Shane Warne, Sachin Tendulkar, Shahid Afridi and Kumar Sangakkara.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the popularity of sports life narratives, and the scant academic attention given to them, \u003ci\u003eCricket and its Life Narratives\u003c\/i\u003e extends the domains of life writing, going to bat for the different ways in which popular, physical, cultural activities and life journeys are recounted and explained. In addition, given cricket's crucial place in Britain's imperial history, analysis of cricket's life narratives casts new light on the importance of such modes of self-presentation for the development of English Literature as well as for literary studies 'after empire' internationally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaire Westall\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Literature at the University of York, UK. She is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rites of Cricket and Caribbean Literature \u003c\/i\u003e(2021), co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Public on the Public\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) and co-editor of \u003ci\u003ePrison Writing and the Literary World\u003c\/i\u003e (2021), \u003ci\u003eLiterature of an Independent England\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) and \u003ci\u003eCross-Gendered Literary Voices\u003c\/i\u003e (2012). She has published widely on the relationship between cricket and literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRakesh Ramamoorthy\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor in the department of English at Mar Ivanios College, India. His research focuses on South Asian cricketing cultures and his monograph explores the postcoloniality of contemporary cricketing narratives from India and Pakistan. His essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Explicator\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRupkatha Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eon Interdisciplinary Humanities\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Studies\u003c\/i\u003e (2015) and \u003ci\u003eThe Palgrave Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism\u003c\/i\u003e (2015).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14 October 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350452213\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52223198265484,"sku":"9781350452213","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350452213","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}