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Writing lives in sport : biographies, life histories and methods / edited by John Bale, Mette Krogh Christensen and Gertrud Pfister.
LIBRA AS281 .A34 v.78:3
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Acta Jutlandica ; 78:3.
- Acta Jutlandica. Humanities series ; 77.
- Acta Jutlandica ; 78:3, Humanities series ; 77
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports--Biography.
- Sports.
- Sports--Biography--History and criticism.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 191 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Aarhus : Aarhus University Press, 2004.
- Contents:
- Introduction / J. Bale, M.K. Christensen and G. Pfister
- The historical biography: genre, history and methodology / B. Possing
- The mysterious Professor Jokl / J. Bale
- Gymnastics and politics: Niels Bukh and the biographical genre / H. Bonde
- The anonymous biography? / M.K. Christensen
- Re-telling physical education teachers' life stories / F. Dowling
- Body - experience - text / M. Silvennoinen
- Biographical narratives about acculturation, education and training / E. Trangbæk
- Unfortunately she was the winner / L. Laine
- We love them and we hate them: on the emotional involvement and other challenges during biographical research / G. Pfister
- The legend of Jackie Milburn and the Life of Godfrey Brown / R. Holt
- "Brylcreem Boy": inter-textual signification in the life of Denis Compton / J. Hill
- "Nacka" Skoglund: a Swedish soccer player as a welfare-nationalistic myth / N.K. Nielsen.
- Notes:
- Proceedings from a "seminar on the subject of sports biographies ... held at the Center for Idræt, University of Aarhus, in December 2001."--Forward.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 8779340849
- OCLC:
- 54610939
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