Pagans and Satan and Goths, oh my: Dark leisure as communicative agency and communal identity on the fringes of the modern Goth scene

World Leisure Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 350-362

  Spracklen, Karl ^a   Spracklen, Beverley ^b  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Independent Scholar   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dark leisure; Goths; Subcultures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876035809     PISSN: 16078055     EISSN: 23334509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/04419057.2012.720585     Document Type: Article

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