Leap for london’? Investigating the affective power of the sport spectacle

World Leisure Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 6-21

  Kennedy, Eileen ^a   Pussard, Helen ^a   Thornton, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affect; Embodied; National identity; Olympic Games; Sport spectacle

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012142165     PISSN: 16078055     EISSN: 23334509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/04419057.2006.9674450     Document Type: Article

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