Men and the desert: Contested masculinities in Ice Cold in Alex

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-182

  Leyshon, Michael ^a   Brace, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Film; Gender; Identity; Landscape; Masculinity

Indexed keywords

GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER RELATIONS; HEGEMONY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; MASCULINIZATION; NATIONAL IDENTITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34147151763     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663690701213719     Document Type: Article

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