'Yobs' and 'Snobs': Embodying drink and the problematic male drinking body

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Thurnell Read, Thomas ^a  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Drunkenness; Embodiment; Masculinity; Media representations; Real ale

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878467467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.3000     Document Type: Article

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