'Queers, even in netball?': Interpretations of the lesbian label among sportswomen

Sport and Gender Identities: Masculinities, Femininities and Sexualities

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 106-121

  Russell, Kate ^a  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84909009766     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203646649     Document Type: Chapter

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