Masculinity and the home: A critical review and conceptual framework

Australian Geographer

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 367-379

  Gorman Murray, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bachelors; Domesticity; Gay men; Heterosexual men; Home; Identity; Masculinity

Indexed keywords

CLASS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GENDER IDENTITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; RACE; SEXUALITY;

EID: 51249086626     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049180802270556     Document Type: Review

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