Embodying the gay self: Body image, reflexivity and embodied identity

Health Sociology Review

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 437-450

  Duncan, Duane ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body image; Gay men; Reflexive embodiment; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952643799     PISSN: 14461242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/hesr.2010.19.4.437     Document Type: Article

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