Leisure in the lives of old lesbians: Experiences with and responses to discrimination

Journal of Leisure Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 233-255

  Jacobson, Sharon ^a   Samdahl, Diane M ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Discrimination; Ecological perspective; Leisure theory; Lesbians

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000473357     PISSN: 00222216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222216.1998.11949828     Document Type: Article

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