Rethinking resistance: The queer play of the Women's National Basketball Association, visibility politics and late capitalism

Leisure Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-93

  McDonald, Mary G ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Identity politics; Late capitalism; Queer theory; Visibility politics and leisure

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; FEMINISM; GENDER ROLE; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; WOMENS STATUS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38349054189     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: 14664496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02614360701687776     Document Type: Article

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