From straight to gaie? Quebec sportswomen's discursive constructions of sexuality and destabilization of the linear coming out process

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-23

  Ravel, Barbara ^a   Rail, Geneviève ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discourse; Lesbian; Poststructuralism; Sexuality; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049144031     PISSN: 01937235     EISSN: 15527638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193723507312022     Document Type: Article

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