Self-starvation and the performance narrative in competitive sport
Psychology of sport and exercisePublished 28 November 2013Open access
Anthony Papathomas, David Lavallee
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This study draws on narrative theory to interpretively analyse the life of Holly, a female athlete who engages in severe self-starvation and the performance narrative spans both academic and sporting cultural domains and it can play a role in athlete disordered eating.
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This article was published in the journal Psychology of Sport and Exercise [© Elsevier] and the definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2013.10.014
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