The effects of involvement in sports on attitudes toward native American sport mascots

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-181

  Bresnahan, Mary Jiang ^a   Flowers, Kelly ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Native American sport mascots; Sport involvement; Sports

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249117588     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646170801990987     Document Type: Article

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