'Changing marriage? Messing with Mr. in-between?: Reflections upon media debates on same-sex marriage in Ireland'

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Reynolds, Sean ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

GLBT; Ireland; Irish times; Marriage; Media; Same sex partnership

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847753113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.1516     Document Type: Article

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