A poststructural analysis of high school students' gendered and racialized bodily meanings

Journal of Teaching in Physical Education

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-98

  Azzarito, Laura ^a   Solmon, Melinda A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body; Gender; Physical education; Poststructuralism; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646406568     PISSN: 02735024     EISSN: 15432769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jtpe.25.1.75     Document Type: Article

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