Embodied rural geographies: Developing research agendas

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 257-272

  Little, Jo ^a   Leyshon, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Fashion; Performance; Rurality; Sexuality; Social space

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0037523316     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0309132503ph427oa     Document Type: Article

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