Challenging the field: Bourdieu and men's health

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 339-360

  Robinson, Mark ^a   Robertson, Steve ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agency; gender; health promotion; social inequalities; social practices; structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908483346     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/sth.2014.8     Document Type: Article

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