Gender, space and fear: A study of women's edgework

Emotion, Space and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 86-94

  Olstead, Riley ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Edgework; Fear; Gender; Identity; Political action; Risk; Space

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956222815     PISSN: 17554586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emospa.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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