Crime, deviance and doping : fallen sports stars, autobiography and the management of stigma / Majid Yar.

Today's sports stars are hailed as heroes and marketed as celebrities, but can also suffer disgrace in the face of scandals about doping. Such a fall from grace turns heroes and role-models into villains, and sees them labelled them as 'cheats', 'liars', dopers' and eve...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author:	Yar, Majid (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Basingstoke] : Palgrave Pivot, 2014.
Series:	Palgrave pivot.
Subjects:	Doping in sports. Athletes > Drug use.