From Same-Sex Desire to Homosexual Identity: History, Biography, and the Production of the Sexual Self in Lesbian and Gay Elders' Narratives

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Rosenfeld, Dana ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly gays; Gay men; Homosexuality; Identity practices; Lesbians; Sexual identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920576968     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195326789.003.0018     Document Type: Chapter

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