Othering the rural: About the construction of rural masculinities and the unspoken urban hegemonic ideal in Swedish media

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 235-244

  Stenbacka, Susanne ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Masculinities; Media; Othering; Relative space; Rural

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; HEGEMONY; RURAL AREA; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; TELEVISION;

SWEDEN;

EID: 79960924362     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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