An Appetite for Activism: The Lesbian Avengers and the Queer Politics of Visibility

Women's Studies in Communication

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 121-141

  Rand, Erin J ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

activism; embodiment; Lesbian Avengers; lesbian chic; queer; visibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879649846     PISSN: 07491409     EISSN: 2152999X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2013.794754     Document Type: Article

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