Surveillance and conformity in competitive youth swimming

Sport, Education and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-37

  Lang, Melanie ^a  

^a YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discipline; Discourses of child safety; Panopticon; Surveillance; Youth sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951249810     PISSN: 13573322     EISSN: 14701243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13573320903461152     Document Type: Article

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