'Lucky this is anonymous.' Ethnographies of reception in men's magazines: A 'textual culture' approach

Discourse and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-172

  Benwell, Bethan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circuits of culture; Ethnography; Intertextuality; Masculinity; Men's magazines; Reader reception; Textual culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444424244     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926505049616     Document Type: Article

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