Homely Housewives Run Amok: Lesbians in Marital Fixes

Public Culture

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 131-158

  Patel, Geeta ^a  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 1842783698     PISSN: 08992363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/08992363-16-1-131     Document Type: Review

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