Role with the punches: The construction and representation of Amir Khan as a role model for multiethnic Britain

Sociological Review

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 611-631

  Burdsey, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34547520974     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2007.00724.x     Document Type: Article

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