"All the world is queer save thee and me...": Defining queer and bi at a critical sexology seminar

Journal of Bisexuality

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 363-379

  Barker, Meg ^a   Richards, Christina ^b   Bowes Catton, Helen ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WEST LONDON MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activism; Activist academic relationships; Bisexuality; Critical sexology; Identity politics; Queer theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951712311     PISSN: 15299716     EISSN: 15299724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299710903316638     Document Type: Article

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