'Body training': Investigating the embodied training choices of/for mothers in West London

Geoforum

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 489-497

  Wainwright, Emma ^a   Buckingham, Susan ^a   Marandet, Elodie ^a   Smith, Fiona ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body work; Identity; Mothers; Performativity; Training; West London

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; GENDER IDENTITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; TRAINING; WOMENS STATUS;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77649335845     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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