Fitness is a feminist issue

Australian Feminist Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 49, 2006, Pages 65-83

  Brabazon, Tara ^a,b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Popular Culture Collective ^*

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EID: 32944461489     PISSN: 08164649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08164640500470651     Document Type: Review

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