Exorcizing the ghost: Donovan Bailey, Ben Johnson and the politics of Canadian identity

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 121-141+145

  Jackson, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Crisis; Discourse; Nation; Steroids

Indexed keywords

EID: 0842325084     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443704039496     Document Type: Review

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