Spatialising performance: Masculinities and femininities in a 'fragmented' field

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-204

  Datta, Ayona ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body; Femininity; Fieldwork; Gender performance; Masculinity; Place; Power

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER ISSUE; MASCULINIZATION;

ASIA; DELHI; EURASIA; INDIA; NEW DELHI; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 40749160126     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663690701863307     Document Type: Article

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