Battling the body capital: my experience of Gold’s Gym

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Clark, A. 2016. Battling the body capital: my experience of Gold’s Gym. Sport and Body Cultures Embodied Thought of the Month.
AuthorsClark, A.
Year2016
JournalSport and Body Cultures Embodied Thought of the Month
PublisherSport and Body Cultures Research Group, Canterbury Christ Church University
Related URLhttps://www.canterbury.ac.uk/social-and-applied-sciences/human-and-life-sciences/docs/sport-body-cultures/etm-october-2016.pdf
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