The birth of the queen/the modern homosexual: Historical explanations revisited

Sociological Review

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 24-41

  Löfström, Jan ^a  

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EID: 0042377882     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-954X.00052     Document Type: Article

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