Anti-homosexual prejudice... as opposed to what? Queer theory and the social psychology of anti-homosexual attitudes

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 47-71

  Hegarty, Peter ^a   Massey, Sean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Homophobia; LGBT studies; Queer theory; Sexual prejudice; Social construction; Social psychology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL;

EID: 84905776479     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v52n01_03     Document Type: Article

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