‘Just don’t hit on me and I’m fine’: Mapping high school wrestlers’ relationship to inclusive masculinity and heterosexual recuperation

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 912-928

  Michael, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; heterosexual recuperation; high school wrestling; inclusive masculinity; sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947429991     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: 14617218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1012690213501168     Document Type: Article

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