'Neo-mateship' in the 21st century: Changes in the performance of Australian masculinity

Journal of Sociology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 265-281

  Butera, Karina J ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian masculinities; Friendship; Gender; Goffman; Mateship; Symbolic interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249086870     PISSN: 14407833     EISSN: 17412978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1440783308092884     Document Type: Review

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