'Bladerunner or boundary runner'?: Oscar Pistorius, cyborg transgressions and strategies of containment

Sport in Society

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1265-1279

  Norman, Moss E ^a   Moola, Fiona ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84855923795     PISSN: 17430437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17430437.2011.614783     Document Type: Article

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