Interviews as encounters: Issues of sexuality and reflexivity when men interview men about commercial same sex relations

Qualitative Research

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 639-657

  Walby, Kevin ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

interaction; interviewing; masculinities; men; sexualities

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650248312     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794110380525     Document Type: Article

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