Some contradictions and tensions in elite sportsmen's attitudes towards their bodies

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 291-302

  Loland, Nina Waaler ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

athletes; body; masculinity; Norway

Indexed keywords

EID: 0442319500     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: 14617218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/101269099034003005     Document Type: Article

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