'There aren't words for what we do or how we feel so we have to make them up': Constructing polyamorous languages in a culture of compulsory monogamy

Sexualities

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 584-601

  Ritchie, Ani ^a   Barker, Meg ^b  

^a SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotion; Language; Mono normativity; Non monogamy; Polyamory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750684990     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460706069987     Document Type: Article

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