Managing masculinity: Young men's identity work in focus groups

Qualitative Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-57

  Allen, Louisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

(hetero)sexualities; Focus groups; Male sexual subjectivities; Masculinities

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244473112     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794105048650     Document Type: Article

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