Gay grows Up: An interpretive study on aging metaphors and queer identity

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 33-61

  Fox, Ragan Cooper ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Aging; Chicken; Intergenerational communication; Metaphors; Organizational communication; Passing; Queer; Troll

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LITERATURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; METAPHOR; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 34547290442     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v52n03_03     Document Type: Review

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