'Six packs and big muscles, and stuff like that'. Primary school-aged South African boys, black and white, on sport

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-14

  Bhana, Deevia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Class; Primary school boys; Race; South Africa; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149075872     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: 14653346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425690701728654     Document Type: Article

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