Confecting adventure and playing with meaning: The adventure commodification continuum

Journal of Sport and Tourism

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-194

  Varley, Peter ^a  

^a Marketing and Retail Division   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced capitalism; Apollo; Death; Dionysus; Original adventurer; Post adventurer

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958109489     PISSN: 14775085     EISSN: 10295399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14775080601155217     Document Type: Article

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