Pistols and petticoats, piety and purity: To Wong Foo, the queering of the American monomyth, and the marginalizing discourse of deification

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 141-156

  Brookey, Robert Alan ^a   Westerfelhaus, Robert ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN   (United States)

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EID: 0001305106     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07393180128080     Document Type: Article

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