What Happens on Tour: The Premarital Stag Tour, Homosocial Bonding, and Male Friendship

Men and Masculinities

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 249-270

  Thurnell Read, Thomas ^a  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bonding; friendship; homosociality; intimacy; masculinity; peer group

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864386653     PISSN: 1097184X     EISSN: 15526828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X12448465     Document Type: Article

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