Gender and Sport

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 583-599

  Dufur, Mlkaela J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female Athlete; Head Coach; Hegemonic Masculinity; Male Athlete; Sport Participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85126236444     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-36218-5_26     Document Type: Chapter

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