"Gentlemen, the lunchbox has landed": Representations of masculinities and men’s bodies in the popular media

Handbook of Studies on Men and Masculinities

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 270-288

  McKay, Jim ^a   Mikosza, Janine ^b   Hutchins, Brett ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b University of Tasmani ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781452233833.n16     Document Type: Chapter

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