Polyamory and its 'others': Contesting the terms of non-monogamy

Sexualities

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 565-583

  Klesse, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Friendship; Intimacy; Love; Polyamory; Promiscuity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750682005     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460706069986     Document Type: Article

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