Brazilian women in the sports press: A case study

Journal of Human Sport and Exercise

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-26

  Knijnik, Jorge Dorfman ^a   Souza, Juliana Sturmer Soares ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian sport press; Female athletes; Gender inequalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865162342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19885202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4100/jhse.2011.61.02     Document Type: Article

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