Occupations of masculinity: Producing gender through whatmen do and don’t do

Journal of Occupational Science

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 161-169

  Beagan, Brenda L ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body image; Gender; Males; Masculinity; Occupation

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644456738     PISSN: 14427591     EISSN: 21581576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14427591.2005.9686559     Document Type: Article

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