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- "Book notes", European Journal of Communication, doi : 10.1177/0267323106021001
- ↑ Review of The Uses of Sport: John Matthew Barlow, Sport History Review, doi : 10.1123/shr.38.1.73
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- Trina Filan, Food & Foodways, doi : 10.1080/07409710.2013.821304
- Mustafa Koc, The Canadian Journal of Sociology, JSTOR canajsocicahican.37.2.213
- Lynne Phillips, Annual Review of Anthropology, JSTOR 25762949
- ↑ Review of The Routledge International Handbook to Veils and Veiling Practices: Mari Toivanen, Youth and Globalization, doi : 10.1163/25895745-00201004
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