Skateboarding Women: Building Collective Identity in Cyberspace

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 548-566

  MacKay, Steph ^a   Dallaire, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

blog users; collective identity; gender; Internet; skateboarding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911086790     PISSN: 01937235     EISSN: 15527638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193723512467357     Document Type: Article

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