Masculinities and sexualities in sport and physical cultures: Three decades of evolving research

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 565-578

  Anderson, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Athletes; Gay; History; Homosexuality; Sport

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HISTORY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MASCULINITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPORT;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASCULINITY; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SPORTS;

EID: 79956369386     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2011.563652     Document Type: Article

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