Athletic bodies and aging in context: The narrative construction of experienced and anticipated selves in time

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 211-221

  Phoenix, Cassandra ^a   Sparkes, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Athletes; Context; Narrative; Selves

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749111351     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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