The unforgivable transgression of being Caster Semenya

Women and Performance

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-100

  Nyong'o, Tavia ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79957927683     PISSN: 0740770X     EISSN: 17485819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07407701003589501     Document Type: Article

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