Decivilizing, civilizing or informalizing? the international development of mixed martial arts

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-58

  García, Raúl Sánchez ^a   Malcolm, Dominic ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civilizing processes; Informalization; Mixed Martial Arts; Quest for excitement; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649268310     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: 14617218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1012690209352392     Document Type: Article

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