Defiant desire in Namibia: Female sexual-gender transgression and the making of political being

American Ethnologist

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-33

  Lorway, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

African sexuality; Desire; Global queer identity; Human rights; Lesbian resistance; Moral practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 72649098357     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2008.00003.x     Document Type: Article

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