Complicating the “soccer mom”: The cultural politics of forming class-based identity, distinction, and necessity

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 345-354

  Swanson, Lisa ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitus; Social class; Suburban America

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; POPULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SPORTS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68149147472     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2009.10599569     Document Type: Article

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