Women's bodybuilding: Feminist resistance and/or femininity's recuperation?

Body and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 45-57

  St Martin, Leena ^a   Gavey, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b The Cottage Community Mental Health Centre   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0003013672     PISSN: 1357034X     EISSN: 14603632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X96002004003     Document Type: Article

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