The "crack choir" and the "cock chorus": The intersection of gender and sexuality in skydiving texts

Sociology of Sport Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 397-417

  Laurendeau, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 12444280001     PISSN: 07411235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ssj.21.4.397     Document Type: Review

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