Lives, Times, and Narrative Engagement: Multiplicity and Meaning in Sexual Lives

The Story of Sexual Identity: Narrative Perspectives on the Gay and Lesbian Life Course

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Cohler, Bertram J ^a   Hammack, Phillip L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Homosexuality; Life course; Narratives; Sexual identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920571132     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195326789.003.0019     Document Type: Chapter

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