Sea kayakers at the margins: The liminoid character of contemporary adventures

Leisure Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-98

  Varley, Peter Justin ^a  

^a Adventure Studies Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communitas; Dionysiac communities; Liminoid

Indexed keywords

OUTDOOR RECREATION; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY;

ISLE OF ANGLESEY; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 78751489058     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: 14664496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02614361003749801     Document Type: Article

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