Kuaering queer theory: My autocritography and a race-conscious, womanist, transnational turn

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 45, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 147-170

  Lee, Wenshu ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autocritography; Lesbianism; Quare studies; Queer theory; Rhetorical invention; Taiwanese Chinese; Transnationalism; Womanism

Indexed keywords

CHINESE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHICS; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LESBIAN; MARRIAGE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TAIWAN;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; LITERATURE; PERIODICALS; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TAIWAN;

EID: 0344442725     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v45n02_07     Document Type: Article

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