Sadists and sissies: Anti-pornography campaigns in cold war America

Gender and History

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 201-227

  Friedman, Andrea ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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GENDER RELATIONS; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; POST-COLD WAR; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WOMENS STATUS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041624488     PISSN: 09535233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0424.00299     Document Type: Article

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