"'Cause that's what girls do": The making of a feminized gym

Gender and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 676-699

  Craig, Maxine Leeds ^a   Liberti, Rita ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fitness; Organizational culture; Race; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548449859     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243207306382     Document Type: Article

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