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Suffragettes in Satin Shorts? Gender and Competitive Boxing (2004)
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Lafferty, Y., & McKay, J. (2004). Suffragettes in Satin Shorts? Gender and Competitive Boxing. Qualitative Sociology, 27(3), 249-276. https://doi.org/10.1023/b%3Aquas.0000037618.57141.53

This study is an empirical and theoretical contribution to the burgeoning literature on gender and competitive boxing. By using Connell's concepts of labor, power, cathexis, and representation and a combination of content and semiotic analysis, inter... Read More about Suffragettes in Satin Shorts? Gender and Competitive Boxing.