Pugs at Work: Bodily Capital and Bodily Labour among Professional Boxers

Body & Society

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 65-93

  Wacquant, Loïc J D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (France)

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EID: 84937287078     PISSN: 1357034X     EISSN: 14603632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X95001001005     Document Type: Article

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