Defiance or defilement? undressing cross-dressing in Martinique's Carnival

Sexualities

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 343-354

  Murray, David A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carnival; Gender; Martinique; Performance; Transvestism

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247428973     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136346098001003008     Document Type: Article

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