Athletes confessions: The sports biography as an interaction ritual

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 280-288

  Thing, L F ^a   Ronglan, L T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Doping; Emotions; Identity; Media; Sport sociology

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; CYCLING; DENMARK; DOPING; EMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LITERATURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SPORT; SYMBOLISM;

ATHLETES; BICYCLING; BIOGRAPHY AS TOPIC; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; DENMARK; DOPING IN SPORTS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; SPORTS;

EID: 84925378555     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sms.12198     Document Type: Article

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