The well-coiffed man: Class, race, and heterosexual masculinity in the hair salon

Gender and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 455-476

  Barber, Kristen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barbershop; Beauty work; Doing difference; Hair salon; Masculinity; Metrosexual

Indexed keywords

EID: 47149090005     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243208321168     Document Type: Article

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