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Military spectacles at sporting events have become common in the USA since 9/11; yet, when it comes to whipping up patriotic fervor and promoting the military, these rituals are almost completely absent in women’s sport.
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Yanity, M. (2021). Chapter 4: Apathy and/or Ambivalence?; Women’s Sport and Military Promotion. In: Fuller, L.K. (eds) Sportswomen’s Apparel in the United States. New Femininities in Digital, Physical and Sporting Cultures. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45477-7_5
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