Making art from evidence: Secret sex and police surveillance in the Tearoom

Crime, Media, Culture

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 243-267

  Biber, Katherine ^a   Dalton, Derek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Art; Evidence; Homosexuality; Public sex; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049097628     PISSN: 17416590     EISSN: 17416604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741659009346048     Document Type: Review

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