Delivering communitas: Wilderness adventure and the making of community

Journal of Leisure Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 255-280

  Sharpe, Erin K ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communitas; Community; Ethnography; Social integration; Wilderness adventure

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT; WILDERNESS AREA;

EID: 23044438026     PISSN: 00222216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2005.11950053     Document Type: Article

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