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‘Just a sport made up in a car park?’: the ‘soft’ landscape of Ultimate Frisbee

Tout simplement un sport inventé dans un parking?: le ‘doux’ paysage d'Ultimate

¿Un deporte hecho en un estacionamiento nada más?: el paisaje ‘suave’ de Ultimate Frisbee

Gerald Griggs School of Sport, Performing Arts and Leisure, University of Wolverhampton, Gorway Road, Walsall, WS1 3BD, UK E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 757-770 | Published online: 22 Sep 2009

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