Listening to the voices: The experiences of African American female student athletes

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 82-100

  Bruening, Jennifer E ^a   Armstrong, Ketra L ^b   Pastore, Donna L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural aspects; Gender in sport; Race in sport; Sociological aspects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MASS MEDIUM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; UNIVERSITY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SPORTS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 14844353322     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2005.10599264     Document Type: Article

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