Femininity, masculinity and difference: What’s wrong with a sarong?

Sociology of Sport and Physical Education: An Introduction

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 58-78

  Humberstone, Barbara ^a  

^a BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203194119-10     Document Type: Chapter

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