Healthy bodies: Construction of the body and health in physical education

Sport, Education and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 353-372

  Webb, Louisa ^a   Quennerstedt, Mikael ^b   Öhman, Marie ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Physical education; Poststructuralism; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 55049087272     PISSN: 13573322     EISSN: 14701243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13573320802444960     Document Type: Article

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