Social Class and Ageing Bodies: Understanding Physical Activity in Later Life

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 183-205

  Dumas, Alex ^a   Laberge, Suzanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

ageing; habitus; physical activity; Pierre Bourdieu; social class; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645754856     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.sth.8700056     Document Type: Article

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