When pillars evaporate: Structuring masculinity on the Japanese margins

Men and Masculinities in Contemporary Japan: Dislocating the Salaryman Doxa

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 144-161

  Gill, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 85069305912     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203994955-14     Document Type: Chapter

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