Why College Men Drink: Alcohol, Adventure, and the Paradox of Masculinity
Journal of American College HealthPublished 1 May 2000
Rocco L. Capraro
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Writing from a men’s health studies perspective, what is necessarily only a tentative answer to the question of men's problem drinking is articulated by offering a model for conceptualizing the complex connections between college men and alcohol.
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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsRocco L. CapraroRocco L. Capraro is associate dean and an assistant professor of history at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York.
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