Wrestling with femininity : female wrestlers' gender performances and the meaning of femininity on and off the mat
Female wrestlers live in paradoxical worlds on and off the mat. Wrestling is a traditionally masculine activity, demanding specific gender performances, while the social world has different gendered expectations for women. Using grounded theory analysis of qualitative interviews with ten Canadian fe...
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Language: | English en |
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2010
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/2345 |