'Body workregulation of a swimmer body': An autoethnography from an Australian elite swimmer

Sport, Education and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-50

  McMahon, Jenny ^a   DinanThompson, Maree ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autoethnography; Body; Ethnophysiology; Regulation; Swimming

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651446923     PISSN: 13573322     EISSN: 14701243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2011.531960     Document Type: Article

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