Contesting the boundaries of gender, race and sexuality in Barbadian plantation society

Women's History Review

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-232

  Jones, Cecily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33749255556     PISSN: 09612025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09612020300200355     Document Type: Review

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