Real men do housework: Ethos and masculinity in contemporary domestic advice

Rhetoric Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-81

  Courtney, Jennifer ^a  

^a ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 58249138724     PISSN: 07350198     EISSN: 15327981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07350190802540732     Document Type: Article

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