Competitive sport as leisure in later life: Negotiations, discourse, and aging

Leisure Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 181-196

  Dionigi, Rylee ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Competitive sport; Discourse; Empowerment; Older people; Resistance

Indexed keywords

LEISURE AND RECREATION;

EID: 32144458464     PISSN: 01490400     EISSN: 15210588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490400500484081     Document Type: Article

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