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Ali, Foreman, and that sound in the jungle
The rumble in Kinshasa 1974
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Picturing boxing: art as animus
What do famous boxing pictures want to say about the sport?
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Music, excitement, and the gay boxer
One Cheer for “Champion” at the Metropolitan Opera
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April 2023
Masculinity and the gay athlete
Some people think that sports make the man. I think that the man helps to make the sport.
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The Gay Boxer in History: Al Panama Brown
A bantamweight boxing champion with a cabaret career on the side
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March 2023
Sorry, Joe! Sorry, Jesse! Heroes need not apply.
In the 1930s, boxing star Joe Louis and track star Jesse Owens could make history, but not money.
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Boxing and homosexuality 2: Orlando Cruz
Boxers, homosexuality, and the tribe
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Boxing and homosexuality 1: Emile Griffith
Life, death, and masculinity in the ring
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February 2023
Boxing and feminism
Backward-looking, or looking back?
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Awakenings: Muhammad Ali and masculinity
Boxing, politics, religion, and sex
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January 2023
Floyd Patterson: the boxer as reluctant knight
A man divided against himself
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Boxing, biography, and masculinity
How is masculinity revealed in boxing books?
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