Setting the scene: Hailing women into a running identity

Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-174

  Griffin, Meridith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Identity; Narrative hailing; Running; Visual methods; Women s only leisure

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957894448     PISSN: 19398441     EISSN: 1939845X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19398441.2010.488024     Document Type: Article

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