“A van with a bar and a bed”: Ritualized gender norms in the John/Joan case

Text and Performance Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 130-149

  Sloop, John M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feminism; Gender; Heteronormativity; Performativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344808347     PISSN: 10462937     EISSN: 14795760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10462930009366291     Document Type: Article

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