Collapsing gender in competitive bodybuilding: Researching contradictions and ambiguity in sport;L'Effondrement du Sexe dans le Culturisme de Competition: A la Recherche des Contradictions et de 1'Ambiguite du Sport

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-202

  Obel, Camilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0000657820     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: 14617218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/101269029603100205     Document Type: Article

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