Manhood Incorporated: Diet and the Embodiment of “Civilized” Masculinity

Men and Masculinities

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 578-601

  Forth, Christopher E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

body; civilization; diet; masculinity; modernity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950746304     PISSN: 1097184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X07304810     Document Type: Article

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