Play-group politics: A critical social capital exploration of exclusion and conformity in mothers groups

Leisure Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-27

  Mulcahy, Caitlin M ^a   Parry, Diana C ^a   Glover, Troy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feminism; Motherhood; Playgroups; Qualitative research; Social support

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER ROLE; IDEOLOGY; PARENTAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 77951108621     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: 14664496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02614360903266973     Document Type: Article

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