Ten men out: Gay sporting masculinities in softball

Sport Sexualities and Queer/Theory

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 62-75

  Jarvis, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 37448999101     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203020098     Document Type: Chapter

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