'The Puerto Rican way is more tolerant': Constructions and uses of 'homophobia' among Santería practitioners across ethno-racial and national identification

Sexualities

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 476-495

  Vidal Ortiz, Salvador ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethno racial; Homophobia; National; People of color; Santer a

Indexed keywords

EID: 48449101411     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460708091745     Document Type: Article

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