"Just do it": Consumption, commitment, and identity in the windsurfing subculture

Sociology of Sport Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 254-274

  Wheaton, Belinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034396797     PISSN: 07411235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ssj.17.3.254     Document Type: Article

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