Coverage and Representations of Sexuality in Introductory Sociology Textbooks

Teaching Sociology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 239-254

  Suarez, Alicia E ^a   Balaji, Alexandra ^b  

^a PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34547782689     PISSN: 0092055X     EISSN: 1939862X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0092055X0703500303     Document Type: Review

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