Alcohol consumption, gender identities and women's changing social positions

Sex Roles

Volumn 59, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 694-712

  Lyons, Antonia C ^a   Willott, Sara A ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Communities of practice; Femininities; Gender; Masculinities

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349120701     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9475-6     Document Type: Article

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