Capably queer: Exploring the intersections of queerness and poverty in the urban Philippines

Journal of Human Development and Capabilities

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 493-510

  Thoreson, Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender and development; Missing dimensions of poverty; Oxford poverty and human development initiative; Queerness and development; The Philippines

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867491925     PISSN: 19452829     EISSN: 19452837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19452829.2011.610783     Document Type: Article

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