A multi-faceted power analysis of men's violence to known women: From hegemonic masculinity to the hegemony of men

Sociological Review

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 589-610

  Hearn, Jeff ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hegemonic masculinity; Hegemony; Hegemony of men; Masculinities; Men; Power; Violence; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869816322     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2012.02125.x     Document Type: Article

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