Power, consent and resistance: An autoethnography of competitive rowing

Sport, Education and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 319-336

  Purdy, Laura ^a   Potrac, Paul ^b   Jones, Robyn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoethnography; Caoching; Power; Rowing

Indexed keywords

EID: 47949106595     PISSN: 13573322     EISSN: 14701243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13573320802200693     Document Type: Article

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