Lifestyles and gendered patterns of leisure and sporting interests among Irish adolescents

Sport, Education and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 281-299

  MacPhail, Ann ^a   Collier, Connie ^b   O'Sullivan, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Ireland; Lifestyles; Narratives; Poststructuralist

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349878963     PISSN: 13573322     EISSN: 14701243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13573320903037648     Document Type: Article

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