Making space for an agentic sexuality? The examination of a lesbian/queer bathhouse

Sexualities

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 547-572

  Hammers, Corie J ^a  

^a Armstrong State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathhouse; Queer; Sexual agency; Sexuality; Spatial praxis

Indexed keywords

EID: 51849129502     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460708094267     Document Type: Article

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