Cheerleading and the gendered politics of sport

Social Problems

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 500-518

  Grindstaff, Laura ^a   West, Emily ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Emphasized femininity; Gender; Hegemonic masculinity; Performance; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845531498     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2006.53.4.500     Document Type: Conference Paper

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