'Lesbian community' in Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) spaces

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-28

  Muller, Tiffany ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Heteronormative; Lesbian; WNBA

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER ROLE; WOMENS ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34247597792     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649360701251502     Document Type: Article

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