"Suffragettes in satin shorts"? Gender and competitive boxing

Qualitative Sociology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 249-276

  Lafferty, Yvonne ^a   McKay, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

bodies; boxing; gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444285032     PISSN: 01620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:QUAS.0000037618.57141.53     Document Type: Article

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