Memorializing white masculinity: The late 1990s "crisis of masculinity" and the "subversive performance" of Man on the Moon

Journal of Communication Inquiry

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-255

  Malin, Brent ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Andy Kaufman; Masculinity; Performance; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750701237     PISSN: 01968599     EISSN: 15524612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0196859903252846     Document Type: Article

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