“Slaves with white collars”: Persistent performances of masculinity in crisis

Text and Performance Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-29

  Ashcraft, Karen Lee ^a   Flores, Lisa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Civilized; Class; Fight Club; Gender; In The Company Of Men; Labor Identity; Masculinity; Primitive; Professional; Race; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016988044     PISSN: 10462937     EISSN: 14795760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10462930310001602020     Document Type: Article

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