Gender, sexuality and heterosexuality: The complexity (and limits) of heteronormativity

Feminist Theory

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 105-121

  Jackson, Stevi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33746416607     PISSN: 14647001     EISSN: 17412773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464700106061462     Document Type: Article

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