Damn, yo-who's that girl?: An ethnographic analysis of masculinity in drug robberies

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 465-492

  Contreras, Randol ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drugs; Ethnography; Gender; Masculinity; Robbery

Indexed keywords

EID: 69449100297     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: 15525414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241608316645     Document Type: Article

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