Lesbianas in the borderlands: Shifting identities and imagined communities

Gender and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 639-659

  Acosta, Katie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Latina o; Migration; Racialization; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 51049122611     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243208321169     Document Type: Article

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