Destabilizing homonormativity and the public/private dichotomy in North American lesbian domestic violence discourses

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-95

  Holmes, Cindy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Homonormativity; Lesbian; Public private; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER RELATIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 62249190389     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663690802574837     Document Type: Article

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