'Hot lesbians': Young people's talk about representations of lesbianism

Sexualities

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-224

  Jackson, Sue ^a   Gilbertson, Tamsyn ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Discourse; Lesbian; Media; Sexualities; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 63449088857     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460708100919     Document Type: Article

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