Producing pain: Techniques and technologies in no-holds-barred fighting

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-226

  Downey, Greg ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bodily techniques; Combat sports; Innovation; Skill

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947202665     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312706072174     Document Type: Review

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