Imagined Masculinity: Body, sexuality, and family among Israeli military reserves

Symbolic Interaction

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-43

  Sion, Liora ^a   Ben Ari, Eyal ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Humor; Israel; Masculinity; Middle class; Reserve soldiers

Indexed keywords

EID: 60349085946     PISSN: 01956086     EISSN: 15338665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/si.2009.32.1.21     Document Type: Article

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