The quest for intimate/sexual citizenship: Lived experiences of lesbian and bisexual Muslim women

Contemporary Islam

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-117

  Yip, Andrew Kam Tuck ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Islam; Lesbian; Sexuality; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 48449091723     PISSN: 18720218     EISSN: 18720226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11562-008-0046-y     Document Type: Article

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