Queering queer theory, or why bisexuality matters

Journal of Bisexuality

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 297-315

  Erickson Schroth, Laura ^a   Mitchell, Jennifer ^b  

^a American Medical Student Association   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual erasure; Bisexuality; Gender of object choice; Literary criticism; Queer theory; Well of loneliness; Written on the body

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951725528     PISSN: 15299716     EISSN: 15299724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299710903316596     Document Type: Article

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