Queer teenagers and the mediation of utopian catastrophe

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 455-476

  Bennett, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apocalypse; Assimilation; Fluidity; Queer Teens; Utopia

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449278966     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: 14795809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15295030903583580     Document Type: Article

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