Embodying the double-bind of masculinity: Young men and discourses of normalcy, health, heterosexuality, and individualism

Men and Masculinities

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 430-449

  Norman, Moss E ^a  

^a Simone DeBeauvoir Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

and poststructuralism; body; health; masculinity; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052476461     PISSN: 1097184X     EISSN: 15526828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X11409360     Document Type: Article

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