Lipstick or timberlands? Meanings of gender presentation in black lesbian communities

Signs

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 113-139

  Moore, Mignon R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33750480238     PISSN: 00979740     EISSN: 15456943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505269     Document Type: Article

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