Running to run: Embodiment, structure and agency amongst veteran elite runners

Sociology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 329-346

  Tulle, Emmanuelle ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age habitus; Athletics; Discourse of ageing; Embodiment; Field

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947286783     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038507074978     Document Type: Article

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