Grinding on the dance floor: Gendered scripts and sexualized dancing at college parties

Gender and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 355-377

  Ronen, Shelly ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Class; Culture; Gender; Men masculinity; Race; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952838498     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243210369894     Document Type: Article

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