Encountering heidi: Audiences for a wilderness adventurer identity

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 403-431

  Jonas, Lilian M ^b   Stewart, William P ^b   Larkin, Kevin W ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adventure; Encounters; Identity; Rafting; River runner; Wilderness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043210443     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241603253835     Document Type: Review

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