Never-aging stories: Western hegemonic masculinity scripts

Journal of Gender Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-82

  Spector Mersel, Gabriela ^a  

^a NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aging; Hegemonic masculinities; Lifespan; Older men; Temporal scripts; Western culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644677170     PISSN: 09589236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09589230500486934     Document Type: Article

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