Alcohol's role in creating a leisure subculture and destination Mecca: The case of shag dancing

Annals of Leisure Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 271-288

  Brown, Carroll A ^a   Obenour, William L ^b  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Casual leisure; Destination mecca; Serious leisure; Shag; Subculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960646917     PISSN: 11745398     EISSN: 21596816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11745398.2008.9686798     Document Type: Article

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