Displacing the Dominant "Down Low" Discourse: Deviance, Same-Sex Desire, and Craigslist.org

Deviant Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 224-241

  Robinson, Brandon Andrew ^a   Vidal Ortiz, Salvador ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84871555760     PISSN: 01639625     EISSN: 15210456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2012.726174     Document Type: Article

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