Digital gaming, sport and gender

Leisure Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-270

  Crawford, Garry ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SPORT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SHEFFIELD [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 17444375866     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0261436042000290317     Document Type: Article

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