Apartheid in the great outdoors: American advertising and the reproduction of a racialized outdoor leisure identity

Journal of Leisure Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 513-535

  Martin, Derek Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Leisure identity; Magazine advertisements; Outdoor recreation; Racial differences

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISING; OUTDOOR RECREATION; RACIAL DISPARITY; WILDERNESS AREA;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12344336411     PISSN: 00222216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2004.11950034     Document Type: Article

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