Troubling the canon: Bisexuality and queer theory

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 159-184

  Gammon, Mark A ^a   Isgro, Kirsten L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual activism; Bisexual epistemology; Bisexuality; Queer theory; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HISTORY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NARRATION; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL;

EID: 84905792853     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v52n01_07     Document Type: Review

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