Sport and leisure as contexts for fathering in Australian families

Leisure Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-183

  Harrington, Maureen ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Family leisure; Gendered identity; Generative fathering; Purposive leisure

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; LEISURE AND RECREATION; PARENTAL CARE; PATERNAL CARE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33645128818     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: 14664496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02614360500503265     Document Type: Article

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