Science, materialism, and the quest for an anthropology of leisure: A rejoinder

Leisure Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 229-242

  Chick, Garry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Epistemology; Leisure theory; Materialism; Social constructionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008814605     PISSN: 01490400     EISSN: 15210588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490409809512282     Document Type: Article

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