MTV's Jackass: Transgression, abjection and the economy of white masculinity

Journal of Gender Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-72

  Brayton, Sean ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abjection; Carnivalesque; Homoeroticism; White male backlash

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847036291     PISSN: 09589236     EISSN: 14653869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09589230601116190     Document Type: Review

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