Competing discourses: Narratives of a Fragmented Self, Manliness and Rugby Union

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 425-439

  Pringle, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

discourse; Foucault; masculinities; narratives of self; rugby union

Indexed keywords

EID: 84998186640     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/101269001036004004     Document Type: Article

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