"We do it cuz it's fun": Gendered fun and leisure for midlife women through Red Hat Society membership

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 325-348

  Stalp, Marybeth C ^a   Radina, M Elise ^b   Lynch, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Camp performance; Leisure; Midlife and older women; Voluntary organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 45449114245     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: 15338673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sop.2008.51.2.325     Document Type: Article

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