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'That's what I call a man': representations of racialised and classed masculinities in the UK print media

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'That's what I call a man': representations of racialised and classed masculinities in the UK print media. / Baker, John Paul; Levon, Erez.
In: Gender and Language, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2016.

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Baker, JP & Levon, E 2016, ''That's what I call a man': representations of racialised and classed masculinities in the UK print media', Gender and Language, vol. 10, no. 1. https://doi.org/10.1558/genl.v10i1.25401

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Baker, J. P., & Levon, E. (2016). 'That's what I call a man': representations of racialised and classed masculinities in the UK print media. Gender and Language, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1558/genl.v10i1.25401

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Baker JP, Levon E. 'That's what I call a man': representations of racialised and classed masculinities in the UK print media. Gender and Language. 2016;10(1). doi: 10.1558/genl.v10i1.25401

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Baker, John Paul ; Levon, Erez. / 'That's what I call a man' : representations of racialised and classed masculinities in the UK print media. In: Gender and Language. 2016 ; Vol. 10, No. 1.

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