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Having the balls, having it all?: Sport and constructions of undergraduate laddishness

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Having the balls, having it all? Sport and constructions of undergraduate laddishness. / Dempster, Steven.
In: Gender and Education, Vol. 21, No. 5, 2009, p. 481-500.

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Dempster, S 2009, 'Having the balls, having it all? Sport and constructions of undergraduate laddishness', Gender and Education, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 481-500. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540250802392299

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Dempster, S. (2009). Having the balls, having it all? Sport and constructions of undergraduate laddishness. Gender and Education, 21(5), 481-500. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540250802392299

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Dempster S. Having the balls, having it all? Sport and constructions of undergraduate laddishness. Gender and Education. 2009;21(5):481-500. doi: 10.1080/09540250802392299

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Dempster, Steven. / Having the balls, having it all? Sport and constructions of undergraduate laddishness. In: Gender and Education. 2009 ; Vol. 21, No. 5. pp. 481-500.

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