Surveillance, subjectivism and technologies of power: An Analysis of the Discursive Practice of High-Performance Sport

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 219-234

  Johns, David P ^a   Johns, Jennifer S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

discursive practice; performance discourse; surveillance; technologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84998080748     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/101269000035002006     Document Type: Article

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