“Grannie's got to go fishing”: meanings and experiences of family leisure for three-generation families in rural and urban settings

World Leisure Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 42-61

  Hebblethwaite, Shannon ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

family leisure; grandparenting; intergenerational relations; rural idyll; urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939476621     PISSN: 16078055     EISSN: 23334509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/04419057.2013.876588     Document Type: Article

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