Consuming Male Identities: Masculinities, Gender Relations and Alcohol Consumption in Aotearoa New Zealand

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 330-345

  Willott, Sara ^a,b   Lyons, Antonia C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Aotearoa; Gender relations; Masculine identities; Masculinities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861185127     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.1115     Document Type: Article

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