Big girls don't cry: Fitness, fatness, and the production of feminist knowledge

Sociology of Sport Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-47

  Scott Dixon, Krista ^a,b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

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EID: 53349162401     PISSN: 07411235     EISSN: 15432785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ssj.25.1.22     Document Type: Article

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