Discipline and push-up: Female bodies, femininity, and sexuality in popular representations of sports bras

Sociology of Sport Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-205

  Schultz, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 3242711368     PISSN: 07411235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ssj.21.2.185     Document Type: Review

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