Social marking and the mental coloring of identity: Sexual identity construction and maintenance in the United States

Sociological Forum

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 497-522

  Brekhus, Wayne ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Marked and unmarked; Mental coloring; Sexual identity; Social identity; Social marking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041049133     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02408390     Document Type: Article

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