The potential of narrative research in sports tourism

Journal of Sport and Tourism

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 249-269

  Smith, Brett ^a   Weed, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interpretive qualitative research; Narrative; Sport; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649446367     PISSN: 14775085     EISSN: 10295399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14775080701737005     Document Type: Article

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