Between religion and desire: Being Muslim and gay in Indonesia

American Anthropologist

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 575-585

  Boellstorff, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Homosexuality; Incommensurability; Indonesia; Islam; Nation

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144478834     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2005.107.4.575     Document Type: Article

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