Ageing gay men: Lessons from the sociology of embodiment

Men and Masculinities

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 248-260

  Jones, Julie ^a,b   Pugh, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Health and Social Care   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing bodies; Ageing gay men; Embodiment; Sociology of embodiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644468297     PISSN: 1097184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X04265990     Document Type: Article

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