Reading photographic portraits of Australian women cyclists in the 1890s: From costume and cycle choices to constructions of feminine identity

International Journal of the History of Sport

Volumn 28, Issue 8-9, 2011, Pages 1121-1137

  Kinsey, Fiona ^a  

^a MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; cycling; gender; identity; photography; technology

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BICYCLE; CLOTHING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMININITY; HISTORY; LEGAL ASPECT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

AUSTRALIA; BICYCLING; CLOTHING; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMININITY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; PHOTOGRAPHY; RECREATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 79958206600     PISSN: 09523367     EISSN: 17439035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2011.567767     Document Type: Review

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