In an imperfect world, men with small penises are unforgiven: The representation of the penis/phallus in American films of the 1990s

Men and Masculinities

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-137

  Lehman, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clint Eastwood; Male systems (good and bad); Normality; Penis; Penis size jokes; Phallus; Robert Altman

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749232344     PISSN: 1097184X     EISSN: 15526828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X98001002001     Document Type: Article

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