The discursive condition of Viagra

Sexualities

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 295-314

  Grace, Victoria ^a   Potts, Annie ^a   Gavey, Nicola ^b   Vares, Tiina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Erections; Masculinity; Sexuality; Sexuo pharmaceuticals; Viagra

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745246328     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460706065050     Document Type: Article

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