The constraints of culture: Evidence from the Chicago Dyke March

Cultural Sociology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-75

  Brown Saracino, Japonica ^a   Ghaziani, Amin ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Gay Pride; Gender; Identity; Ideology; Lesbian; Sexuality; Social movements; Swidler

Indexed keywords

EID: 62149084808     PISSN: 17499755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1749975508100671     Document Type: Article

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