Nineteenth-century European psychiatry on same-sex desires: Pathology, abnormality, normality and the blurring of boundaries

Psychology and Sexuality

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 226-238

  Beccalossi, Chiara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abnormal; Nineteenth century European psychiatry; Normal; Pathological; Same sex desires

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958288784     PISSN: 19419899     EISSN: 19419902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2010.494896     Document Type: Article

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