Defining deviancy down: A research note regarding professional wrestling

Deviant Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 551-565

  Maguire, Brendan ^a  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034310317     PISSN: 01639625     EISSN: 15210456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639620050184672     Document Type: Article

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