Doing gender, doing heteronormativity: "gender normals," transgender people, and the social maintenance of heterosexuality

Gender and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 440-464

  Schilt, Kristen ^a   Westbrook, Laurel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Media mass communications; Sexuality; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449344501     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243209340034     Document Type: Article

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