The distinction of risk: Urban skateboarding, street habitus and the construction of hierarchical gender relations

Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-20

  Atencio, Matthew ^a   Beal, Becky ^b   Wilson, Charlene ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; Embodiment; Gender; Skateboarding; Social field; Youth culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950603532     PISSN: 19398441     EISSN: 1939845X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19398440802567907     Document Type: Article

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