Visible lesbians and invisible bisexuals: Appearance and visual identities among bisexual women

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 172-182

  Hayfield, Nikki ^a   Clarke, Victoria ^a   Halliwell, Emma ^a   Malson, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 84882962385     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2013.07.015     Document Type: Article

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