Tackling the 'body inescapable' in sport: Body-artifact kinesthetics, embodied skill and the community of practice in lacrosse masculinity

Body and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 81-103

  Schyfter, Pablo ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Body; Lacrosse; Masculinity; Performance; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 50349100959     PISSN: 1357034X     EISSN: 14603632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X08093573     Document Type: Article

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