A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Investigation of the Construction of Sadomasochistic Identities

Sexualities

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-53

  Langdridge, Darren ^a   Butt, Trevor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hermeneutic phenomenology; sadomasochism; sexual stories; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844543686     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460704040137     Document Type: Article

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