"No-body's perfect": Women, aerobics, and the body beautiful

Sociology of Sport Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-137

  Maguire, Joseph ^b   Mansfield, Louise ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032326010     PISSN: 07411235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ssj.15.2.109     Document Type: Article

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