Autoethnography: Situating personal sporting narratives in socio-cultural contexts

Research in the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages 191-212

  Allen Collinson, Jacquelyn ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoethnography; Autophenomenography; Collaborative autoethnography; Distance running; Embodiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898970417     PISSN: 14762854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1476-2854(2012)0000006012     Document Type: Article

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