Cultivating queer publics with an uncivil tongue: Queer Eye's critical performances of desire

Text and Performance Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 383-402

  Pearson, Kyra ^a   Lozano Reich, Nina Maria ^a  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civilization; Desire; Performativity; Queer Eye; Queer Publics

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049328311     PISSN: 10462937     EISSN: 14795760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10462930903242848     Document Type: Review

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