The embodiment of class, gender and age through leisure: A realist analysis of long distance running

Leisure Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-175

  Abbas, Andrea ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL STATUS; SPORT;

EID: 2442629369     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0261436042000226354     Document Type: Article

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