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Lunch With a Bigot: The Writer in the World
By
Amitava Kumar
Amitava Kumar
Amitava Kumar is Helen D. Lockwood Professor of English at Vassar College. He is the author of
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Duke University Press
Copyright:
This content is made freely available by the publisher. It may not be redistributed or altered. All rights reserved.
ISBN electronic:
978-0-8223-7539-5
Publication date:
2015
Book Chapter
The Boxer on the Flight
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Published:April 2015
In the plane from London to Delhi, a boxer who had represented India at the just-concluded 2012 Olympic Games was returning home. He sat next to the author and made small talk with a young German woman sitting in the same row. In this brief chapter, the author recounts the overheard conversation, an introduction to a particular brand of masculinity.
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