'That's not really my scene': Working-Class lesbians In (and out of) place

Sexualities

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 523-546

  Taylor, Yvette ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Class; Inclusion exclusion; Lesbian; Scene spaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 51849129504     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460708094266     Document Type: Article

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