The symbolic power of 'healthy lifestyles'

Health Sociology Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-26

  Korp, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Field; Habitus; Lifestyle; Power; Sociology; Symbolic

Indexed keywords

EID: 50449088733     PISSN: 14461242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/hesr.451.17.1.18     Document Type: Article

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