Is leisure studies “ethnocentric”? If so, does this matter?

World Leisure Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 164-176

  Roberts, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asia; China; Comparative leisure research; Concepts of leisure; Eastern Europe; France; History of leisure studies; India; Islam

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867615358     PISSN: 16078055     EISSN: 23334509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/04419057.2010.9728277     Document Type: Article

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