Domesticating military masculinities: Home, performance and the negotiation of identity

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 821-836

  Atherton, Stephen ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestication; Home; Masculinities; Stress; The military; Trauma

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; DOMESTICATION; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER ROLE; MASCULINIZATION; MILITARY GOVERNMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449107445     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649360903305791     Document Type: Article

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