Dude-sex: White masculinities and 'authentic' heterosexuality among dudes who have sex with dudes

Sexualities

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 414-434

  Ward, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Masculinity; MSMs; Queer; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 48449102321     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460708091742     Document Type: Article

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