Introduction: Sport, Feminism and the Global South

in Sociology of Sport Journal
Kim Toffoletti*,1, Catherine Palmer*,2, and Sumaya Samie*,3
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  • 1 Deakin University
  • | 2 University of Tasmania
  • | 3 Independent Scholar
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1123/ssj.2018-0077
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Volume 35: Issue 3
Page Range:
193–196
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Toffoletti is with the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia. Palmer is with the School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Samie is an independent scholar based in the USA.

Address author correspondence to Kim Toffoletti at kim.toffoletti@deakin.edu.au.

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