Queer as intersectionality: Theorizing gay muslim identities

Sociology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 944-961

  Rahman, Momin ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

gay; intersectionality; Muslim; queer; sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958508199     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038510375733     Document Type: Article

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