“You can break so many more rules”: The identity work and play of becoming skater girls

Youth Culture and Sport: Identity, Power, and Politics

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 113-126

  Kelly, Deirdre M ^a   Pomerantz, Shauna ^b   Currie, Dawn H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203938829     Document Type: Chapter

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