Adult participation sports as cultural capital: A Test of Bourdieu's Theory of the Field of Sports

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 411-432

  Stempel, Carl ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adult participation sports; cultural capital; field; individualization; social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997941551     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1012690206066170     Document Type: Article

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