Running to the moon: The articulation and construction of self in marathon runners

Anthropology of Consciousness

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 19-34

  Reischer, Erica L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33748542539     PISSN: 10534202     EISSN: 15563537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ac.2001.12.2.19     Document Type: Article

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