'Gone are the days': Bisexual perspectives on lesbian/feminist literary theory

Feminist Review

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-66

  Naylor, Ann Kaloski ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bisexuality; Bonnie Zimmerman; Identity; Lesbian feminist literary theory; Paulina Palmer; Reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033247888     PISSN: 01417789     EISSN: 14664380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014177899339298     Document Type: Article

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