(In)visibility and the display of gendered desire: Masculinity in mainstream softand hardcore pornography

NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 158-171

  Hirdman, Anja ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84962723492     PISSN: 08038740     EISSN: 1502394X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08038740701543993     Document Type: Article

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