Try to be healthy, but don't forgo your masculinity: Deconstructing men's health discourse in the media

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2476-2488

  Gough, Brendan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Masculinities; Media; Men's health; UK

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; HEALTH STATUS; MEDIA ROLE;

ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; MASCULINITY; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIALIZATION; SPORT; TECHNIQUE; UNITED KINGDOM;

GENDER IDENTITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748550724     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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