Boredom and Action-Experiences from Youth Confinement

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 526-553

  Bengtsson, Tea Torbenfeldt ^a  

^a VIVE THE DANISH CENTER FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

action; boredom; confinement; edgework; young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865998010     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: 15525414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241612449356     Document Type: Article

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