“The boys won't let us play”: Fifth-grade mestizas challenge physical activity discourse at school

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-51

  Oliver, Kimberly L ^a   Hamzeh, Manal ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activist research; Borderlands; Gender; Race

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RECREATION; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPORT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PILOT PROJECTS; PREJUDICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RECREATION; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950183348     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2010.10599626     Document Type: Article

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