Querying theory and politics: The epistemic (Dis)location of bisexuality within Queer theory

Journal of Bisexuality

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 235-257

  Gurevich, Maria ^a   Bailey, Helen ^a   Bower, Jo ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TORONTO PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bisexual epistemologies; Bisexual politics; Bisexuality; Queer politics; Queer theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951741318     PISSN: 15299716     EISSN: 15299724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299710903316539     Document Type: Article

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