Running race: Reconciliation, nationalism and the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 181-200

  Elder, Catriona ^a   Pratt, Angela ^b   Ellis, Cath ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Parliamentary Library   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cathy Freeman; Nationalism; Olympics; Race relations; Reconciliation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846883957     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: 14617218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1012690206075420     Document Type: Article

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