Primary school "studs": (De)constructing young boys' heterosexual masculinities

Men and Masculinities

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 275-297

  Renold, Emma ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boyfriends; Gender; Girlfriends; Heterosexual harassment; Heterosexualities; Identities; Masculinities; Schooling; Sexualities; Young boys

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845383842     PISSN: 1097184X     EISSN: 15526828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X05277711     Document Type: Article

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