What masculinity? Transgender practices among Japanese ‘men’

Men and Masculinities in Contemporary Japan: Dislocating the Salaryman Doxa

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 20-36

  Lunsing, Wim ^a  

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EID: 85069313571     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203994955-7     Document Type: Chapter

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