'Does your boyfriend know you're here?' The spatiality of homophobia in men's football culture in the UK

Leisure Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-138

  Caudwel, Jayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Homophobia; Men's football; Men's sexualities; The Justin Campaign

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; GENDER ISSUE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SEXUALITY; SPORT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79952940815     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: 14664496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02614367.2010.541481     Document Type: Article

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