Disciplining “sextext”: Queers, fears, and communication studies

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 45, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 297-317

  Owen, A Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Body rhetorics; Citizenship; Feminist criticism; Pornography; Queer theory

Indexed keywords

AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; EROTISM; FEAR; GAZE; GESTURE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASCULINITY; PUBLICATION; READING; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVIATION;

COMMUNICATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 0344874595     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v45n02_14     Document Type: Article

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