'We're not living on planet lesbian': Constructions of male role models in debates about lesbian families

Sexualities

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-152

  Clarke, Victoria ^a   Kitzinger, Celia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Lesbian parents; Male role models; Talk shows

Indexed keywords

EID: 28444482826     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460705050851     Document Type: Article

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