Negotiating a sexy masculinity on social networking sites

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 478-497

  Manago, Adriana M ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

hegemonic masculinity; irony; self sexualization; social constructions of gender; Social networking sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887357606     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: 14617161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353513487549     Document Type: Article

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