The riding school as a site for gender identity construction among Swedish teenage girls

World Leisure Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-56

  Forsberg, Lena ^a   Tebelius, Ulla ^b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Girls; Identity; Leisure; Riding; Social constructivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881530405     PISSN: 16078055     EISSN: 23334509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/04419057.2011.552218     Document Type: Article

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