Life in the (mediated) Faust lane: Ben Johnson, national affect and the 1988 crisis of Canadian identity

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 227-238

  Jackson, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Canada; Drugs; Mass media; Narrative; Nationalism; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000148926     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: 14617218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/101269098033003001     Document Type: Article

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