Improbable Possibilities

Psychoanalytic Inquiry

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 624-641

  Golden, Carla ^a,b  

^a ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EXPERIENCE; FEMININITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; REVIEW; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0742322540     PISSN: 07351690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07351692309349055     Document Type: Review

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