Breasts in the bullring: Female physiology, female bullfighters and competing femininities

Body and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-64

  Pink, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0038170559     PISSN: 1357034X     EISSN: 14603632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X96002001004     Document Type: Article

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