Black lesbian gender and sexual culture: Celebration and resistance

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 11, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2009, Pages 297-313

  Wilson, Bianca D M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black; Gender; Lesbian; Sexual culture; USA

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; COMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL VALUE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMININITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MASCULINITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ROLE; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649982200     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050802676876     Document Type: Conference Paper

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