Asexuality in disability narratives

Sexualities

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 479-493

  Kim, Eunjung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

asexual embodiment; asexuality; autism; compulsory sexuality; desexualization; disability

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051701559     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460711406463     Document Type: Article

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