Spectacles of sexuality: Televisionary activism in Nicaragua

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-84

  Howe, Cymene ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activism; Media; Public culture; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 42349115769     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: 15481360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1360.2008.00003.x     Document Type: Article

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