Deleuze and the body without organs: Disreading the fit feminine identity

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-44

  Markula, Pirkko ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deleuze; Femininity; Fitness; Identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646231541     PISSN: 01937235     EISSN: 15527638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193723505282469     Document Type: Article

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