How do you solve a problem like Will Truman? The feminization of gay masculinities on Will & Grace

Men and Masculinities

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 583-603

  Linneman, Thomas J ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

camp; Gay men; Homosexuality; Masculinities; Media

Indexed keywords

EID: 47849106025     PISSN: 1097184X     EISSN: 15526828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X06291918     Document Type: Article

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