Bodies that speak and the promises of queer: Looking to two lesbian/queer bathhouses for a third way

Journal of Gender Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-164

  Hammers, Corie ^a  

^a Armstrong State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Bathhouse; Body; Feminism; Queer; Recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 42949139892     PISSN: 09589236     EISSN: 14653869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09589230802008915     Document Type: Article

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