Women and new men: Negotiating masculinity in the Japanese Media

Communication Review

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 285-303

  Darling Wolf, Fabienne ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 68049096599     PISSN: 10714421     EISSN: 15477487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10714420490492193     Document Type: Article

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