The place and meaning of the field of PE in Turkish young people's lives: A study using Bourdieu's conceptual tools

Sport, Education and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-75

  Koca, Canan ^a   Atencio, Matthew ^b   Demirhan, Giyasettin ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; Gender; Physical education; Social class; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449122114     PISSN: 13573322     EISSN: 14701243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13573320802615130     Document Type: Article

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