Caring for sex and the power of attentive action: Governance, drama, and conflict in building a queer feminist bathhouse

Signs

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-130

  Cooper, Davina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70350112390     PISSN: 00979740     EISSN: 15456943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/599255     Document Type: Article

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