Grasping the phenomenology of sporting bodies

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-131

  Hockey, John ^a   Collinson, Jacquelyn Allen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Phenomenology; Sociology of the sporting body; The senses

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248985054     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: 14617218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1012690207084747     Document Type: Article

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