(De)Constructing Paula Radcliffe: Exploring media representations of elite running, pregnancy and motherhood through cultural sport psychology

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 820-829

  McGannon, Kerry R ^a   Curtin, Kim ^a   Schinke, Robert J ^a   Schweinbenz, Amanda N ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cultural context; Cultural sport psychology; Motherhood; Qualitative; Running

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864144122     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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