Adventure revisited: On structure and metaphor in specialized play

Sociology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 459-476

  Kjølsrød, Lise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Boundary; Collecting; Identity; Individuation; Simmel; Specialized play

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043026954     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00380385030373004     Document Type: Review

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