Sport, exercise, and the female Muslim body: Negotiating Islam, politics, and male power

Physical Culture, Power, and the Body

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 74-100

  Hargreaves, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84906023261     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203014653     Document Type: Chapter

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