Journeys and Returns: Home, Life Narratives and Remapping Sexuality in a Regional City

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1239-1255

  Waitt, Gordon ^a   Gorman Murray, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Home; Life narratives; Mobility; Regional; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

METROPOLITAN AREA; MOBILITY; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUALITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND; TOWNSVILLE;

EID: 80054954127     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2010.01006.x     Document Type: Article

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