Backstage, frontstage: An analysis of work and leisure roles of women recreational softball players

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-77

  Higgs, Catriona ^a   Schell, Lea Ann ^b  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATHLETE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LEISURE; LESBIAN; RECREATION; REVIEW; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY; SPORT; STEREOTYPY; VIOLENCE; WORK; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; BASEBALL; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0031869536     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v36n01_04     Document Type: Review

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