Men, masculinities and ‘mundane’ technologies: The domestic telephone

Virtual Gender: Technology, Consumption and Identity Matters

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 189-205

  Lohan, Maria ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 85069579268     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203977019-18     Document Type: Chapter

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