Sexuality, Masculinity, and Taint Management Among Firefighters and Correctional Officers: Getting Down and Dirty With “America's Heroes” and the “Scum of Law Enforcement”

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-38

  Scott, Clifton ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

dirty jobs; dirty work; gender; identity; masculinity; sexuality; taint management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990393909     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318906287898     Document Type: Article

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