Is that an action man in there? Masculinity as an imaginative act of self-creation

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Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-18

  Warren, Simon ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33750088919     PISSN: 01596306     EISSN: 14693739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01596300303031     Document Type: Article

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