Undressing the universal queer subject: Nicaraguan activism and transnational identity

City and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 237-279

  Howe, Alyssa Cymene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 0036921298     PISSN: 08930465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/city.2002.14.2.237     Document Type: Article

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