Women's leisure and constraints to participation: Iranian perspectives

Journal of Leisure Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-126

  Arab Moghaddam, Narges ^a   Henderson, Karla A ^b   Sheikholeslami, Razieh ^c  

^a AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Culture; Individualism; Religion

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; INDIVIDUALISM; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RELIGION; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33847650852     PISSN: 00222216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2007.11950100     Document Type: Article

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