Kicking like a boy: Schoolgirl Australian Rules Football and bi-gendered female embodiment

Sociology of Sport Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 140-162

  Wedgwood, Nikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 3242660935     PISSN: 07411235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ssj.21.2.140     Document Type: Article

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