Getting beyond normative interview talk of sameness and celebrating difference

Qualitiative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-79

  Dowling, Fiona ^a   Flintoff, Anne ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Narrative; Physical education; Qualitative interview; Race; Sport and exercise sciences

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957915476     PISSN: 2159676X     EISSN: 1939845X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19398441.2011.547689     Document Type: Article

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