"Mom said we had a money maker": Sexualization and survival contexts among homeless women

Symbolic Interaction

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 91-105

  Wesely, Jennifer K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Homelessness; Identity; Sexualization; Victimization; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749093266     PISSN: 01956086     EISSN: 15338665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/si.2009.32.2.91     Document Type: Article

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