Sexual misgivings: Producing un/marked knowledge in neoliberal marriage promotion policies

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 561-583

  Heath, Melanie ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84884185301     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: 15338525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tsq.12042     Document Type: Article

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