Time is of the essence: An analytic autoethnography of family, work, and serious leisure

Symbolic Interaction

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-157

  Anderson, Leon ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytic utoethnography; Edgework; Serious leisure; Skydiving

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955691834     PISSN: 01956086     EISSN: 15338665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/si.2011.34.2.133     Document Type: Article

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