Escaping the past? The cultural turn and language in sport history

Rethinking History

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 103-125

  Booth, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Deconstructionist history; Discourse; Language; Narrative; Reconstructionism; Sport history; Text

Indexed keywords

EID: 61249088588     PISSN: 13642529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13642520410001649750     Document Type: Review

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