All work and no play? The nascent discourse on play in health research

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-18

  Frohlich, Katherine L ^a   Alexander, Stephanie A C ^a   Fusco, Caroline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

children; discourse analysis; governmentality; obesity; physical activity; play

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872202657     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/sth.2012.18     Document Type: Article

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