"Never reflected anywhere": Body image among ethnoracialized gay and bisexual men

Body Image

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 389-398

  Brennan, David J ^a   Asakura, Kenta ^a   George, Clemon ^b   Newman, Peter A ^a   Giwa, Sulaimon ^c   Hart, Trevor A ^a,d   Souleymanov, Rusty ^a   Betancourt, Gerardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bisexual; Body image; Ethnoracialized men; Gay; Intersectionality; Men who have sex with other men; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BISEXUALITY; BODY IMAGE; CANADA; ESTHETICS; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RACISM; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BISEXUALITY; BODY IMAGE; ESTHETICS; FOCUS GROUPS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; ONTARIO; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RACE RELATIONS; RACISM; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84878524619     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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