Seeing your sporting body: Identity, subjectivity, and misrecognition

Sociology of Sport Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 78-103

  Helstein, Michelle T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

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EID: 33947401858     PISSN: 07411235     EISSN: 15432785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ssj.24.1.78     Document Type: Article

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