Another story: the (im)possibility of lesbian desire

Agenda

Volumn 19, Issue 63, 2005, Pages 44-57

  Distiller, Natasha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

language; lesbian; selfhood; sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960616682     PISSN: 10130950     EISSN: 2158978X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2005.9674566     Document Type: Article

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