"Dere's Not Just One Kind of Fat": Embodying the "Skinny"- Self Through Constructions of the Fat Masculine Other

Men and Masculinities

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 407-431

  Norman, Moss E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

body; boyhood; fatness; obesity; teenager

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885402352     PISSN: 1097184X     EISSN: 15526828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X13502662     Document Type: Article

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