Male athletes and the cult(ure) of thinness in sport

Deviant Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 224-256

  Atkinson, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 79952410111     PISSN: 01639625     EISSN: 15210456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639621003748860     Document Type: Article

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