Embracing the catastrophe: Gay body seeks acceptance

Qualitative Inquiry

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 259-281

  Berry, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SUPERIOR   (United States)

Author keywords

Aestheticized body; Bathhouse; Boystown; Butler; Gay culture; Mindfulness; Narrative; Performativity; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947708370     PISSN: 10778004     EISSN: 15527565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077800406294934     Document Type: Article

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