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Jeff Hearn & Antonio Melechi

In: Men, Masculinity, and the Media

Chapter 15: The Transatlantic Gaze: Masculinities, Youth, and the American Imaginary1

Edited by: Steve Craig

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483326023.n15

Subject: Men's Studies, Media & Gender

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Hearn, J. & Melechi, A. (1992). The transatlantic gaze: masculinities, youth, and the american imaginary. In S. Craig (Ed.), Research on men and Masculinities: Men, masculinity, and the media (Vol. 2, pp. 215-232). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: 10.4135/9781483326023.n15

Hearn, Jeff and Antonio Melechi. "The Transatlantic Gaze: Masculinities, Youth, and the American Imaginary1." In Men, Masculinity, and the Media, edited by Steve Craig, 215-232, Research on Men and Masculinities. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 1992. doi: 10.4135/9781483326023.n15.

Hearn, J & Melechi, A 1992, 'The transatlantic gaze: masculinities, youth, and the american imaginary1', in Craig, S (ed.), Men, masculinity, and the media, Research on Men and Masculinities, SAGE Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, pp. 215-232, viewed 12 December 2019, doi: 10.4135/9781483326023.n15.

Hearn, Jeff and Antonio Melechi. "The Transatlantic Gaze: Masculinities, Youth, and the American Imaginary1." Men, Masculinity, and the Media. Ed. Steve Craig. Vol. 2. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 1992. 215-232. SAGE Knowledge. Web. Research on Men and Masculinities. 12 Dec. 2019, doi: 10.4135/9781483326023.n15.

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