Masculinities, performativity, and subversion: A sociological reappraisal

Men and Masculinities

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 24-43

  Brickell, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Erving Goffman; Hegemonic masculinity; Judith Butler; Performance; Performativity; Sociology; Subversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644439786     PISSN: 1097184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X03257515     Document Type: Article

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