Theorizing Black Lesbians within Black Feminism: A Critique of Same-Race Street Harassment

Politics and Gender

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-76

  Fogg Davis, Hawley G ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34247669741     PISSN: 1743923X     EISSN: 17439248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1743923X06060028     Document Type: Article

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