Muscle, 'Hard Men' and 'Iron' Mike Tyson: Reflections on desire, anxiety and the embodiment of masculinity

Body and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-98

  Jefferson, Tony ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0038325287     PISSN: 1357034X     EISSN: 14603632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X98004001005     Document Type: Article

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