Street fighting: Placing the crisis of masculinity in David Fincher's Fight Club

GeoJournal

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 289-296

  Craine, James ^a   Aitken, Stuart C ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fighting; Habitus; Irony; Masculinity

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; URBAN PLANNING;

MASCULINITY; METAPHORE; STREET FIGHTING;

GEOLOGY;

ART; GENDER ROLE; MEDIA ROLE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 3442877319     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GEJO.0000026702.99315.b5     Document Type: Review

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