Storying my self: Negotiating a relational identity in professional sport

Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 176-190

  Douglas, Kitrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoethnography; Identity; Narrative; Professional sport; Relational

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649226221     PISSN: 19398441     EISSN: 1939845X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19398440902909033     Document Type: Article

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