The sweetest taboo: Studies of Caribbean sexualities; a review essay

Signs

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 247-274

  Sharpe, Jenny ^a   Pinto, Samantha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33750432881     PISSN: 00979740     EISSN: 15456943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505541     Document Type: Review

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