Growing old gracefully: Social dance in the third age

Ageing and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 689-708

  Cooper, Lesley ^a   Thomas, Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aesthetics of dance; Body; Communitas; Dance; Older people; Social

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0036867127     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X02008929     Document Type: Article

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