This powerful opening of the heart: How ritual affirms lesbian identity

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 41-58

  Manodori, Chiara ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MARRIAGE; PHOBIA; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADULT; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031859258     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v36n02_04     Document Type: Article

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