Moving beyond conspicuous leisure consumption: Adolescent women, mobile phones and public space

Leisure Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-192

  Foley, Carmel ^a   Holzman, Caryn ^a   Wearing, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; PUBLIC SPACE; SEXUALITY; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 34250854752     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: 14664496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02614360500418555     Document Type: Article

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