Exploring the influence of mediated beauty: Competitive female athletes’ perceptions of ideal beauty in athletes and other women

Examining Identity in Sports Media

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 37-64

  Bissell, Kim L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781452274904.n3     Document Type: Chapter

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