Performing identities in physical education: (En)gendering fluid selves

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-37

  Azzarito, Laura ^a   Katzew, Adriana ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Massachusetts College of Art and Design   (United States)

Author keywords

Body; Gender; Poststructuralism; School

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; NARRATION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 77950109604     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2010.10599625     Document Type: Article

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