Homophobic violence, cultural essentialism and shifting sexual identities

Social and Legal Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 389-407

  Tomsen, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hate crime; Homophobia; Queer; Sexual identity; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747593744     PISSN: 09646639     EISSN: 14617390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0964663906066616     Document Type: Article

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