'Outback' romance? A reading of nature and heterosexuality in rural Australia

Sociologia Ruralis

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 173-188

  Little, Jo ^a   Panelli, Ruth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; MASCULINIZATION; RURAL AREA; RURAL SOCIETY; SEXUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34447528737     PISSN: 00380199     EISSN: 14679523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9523.2007.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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