Intention and epochē in tension: Autophenomenography, bracketing and a novel approach to researching sporting embodiment

Qualitiative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-62

  Allen Collinson, Jacquelyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autophenomenography; Epoch bracketing; Merleau Ponty; Sociological phenomenology; Sporting embodiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957902487     PISSN: 2159676X     EISSN: 1939845X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19398441.2010.541484     Document Type: Article

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