Leisure and gender: Challenges and opportunities for feminist research

A Handbook of Leisure Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 216-230

  Henderson, Karla A ^a   Shaw, Susan M ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 85011875971     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230625181     Document Type: Chapter

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