'Healthification' and the promises of urban space: A textual analysis of place, activity, youth (PLAY-ing) in the city

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-63

  Fusco, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Civic citizenship; Cultural sociology of urban space; Healthification; Re imaginings; Salvation; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548147254     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: 14617218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1012690207081826     Document Type: Review

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