Remaking the masculine self and coping in the liminal world of the gay 'scene'

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 501-514

  Ridge, Damien ^a   Plummer, David ^b   Peasley, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gay men; Masculinities; Men's health; Qualitative research; Resilience; Rituals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COPING BEHAVIOR; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MASCULINITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RITUAL; SAMPLING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EGO; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 33749989080     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050600879524     Document Type: Article

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