Places or polygons? Governmentality, scale, and the census in the Gay and Lesbian Atlas

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 223-242

  Brown, Michael ^a   Knopp, Larry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Census; Governmentality; Mapping; Scale; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; CENSUS; GENDER; MAPPING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX DETERMINATION;

NORTH AMERICA; SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 33746391456     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.410     Document Type: Article

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