Political economy and the closet: Heteronormativity in feminist economics

Feminist Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 29-53

  Danby, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Gay; Heteronormativity; Lesbian; Queer theory; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247323878     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700601184898     Document Type: Review

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