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Presentation (and Representation)

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In this chapter, we will discuss the different ways of ‘writing up’ qualitative research such as:

  • Realist writing;

  • Different forms of narrative writing;

  • Autoethnography;

  • Performance ethnography.

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Further reading

  • Special issue in Leisure Sciences 29, 119–30 2007, on Creative Analytic Practices

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Essayistic personal experience narrative

  • Tsang, T. (2000). ‘Let me tell you a story: A narrative exploration of identity in high performance’. Sociology of Sport Journal, 17, 44–59.

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  • Duncan, M. C. (2000). ‘Reflex: Body as memory’. Sociology of Sport Journal, 17, 60–68.

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  • Sparkes, A. C. (1996). ‘The fatal flaw: A narrative of the fragile body-self’. Qualitative Inquiry, 2, 463–94.

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Literary personal experience narrative

  • Bruce, T. (2003). ‘Pass’. In J. Denison & P. Markula (Eds), Moving writing: Crafting movement in sport research. New York: Peter Lang.

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  • Tiihonen, A. (1994). ‘Asthma’. International Review for Sociology of Sport, 29, 51–62.

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Essayistic research story

  • Silk, M. (2008). ‘Mow my lawn’. Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies, 8, 477–8.

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Literary research story

  • Rinehart, R. (1998). ‘Sk8ting: “Outsider” sports, at-risk youth, and physical education’. Waikato Journal of Education, 6, 55–63.

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  • Rowe, D. (2000). ‘Amour improper, or “fever” sans reflexivity’. Sociology of Sport Journal, 17, 95–7.

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Markula, P., Silk, M. (2011). Presentation (and Representation). In: Qualitative Research for Physical Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230305632_8

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