Sex positive: Feminism, queer theory, and the politics of transgression

Feminist Review

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-45

  Lick, Elisa G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Agency; Capitalism; Discourse; Identity politics; Postmodernism; Power; Pro sexuality; Queer theory; Sex wars; Sexual revolution; Style; Subjectivity; Transgression

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034147297     PISSN: 01417789     EISSN: 14664380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014177800338936     Document Type: Article

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