The Tortures of Mel Gibson: Masochism and the Sexy Male Body

Men and Masculinities

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 123-143

  Brown, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

action films; masculinity; masochism; Mel Gibson; Payback; torture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990317164     PISSN: 1097184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X02005002001     Document Type: Article

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