Narrative Engagement and Stories of Sexual Identity: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Study of Sexual Lives

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Homosexuality; Human sexuality; Life course; Narratives; Sexual lives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920590079     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195326789.003.0001     Document Type: Chapter

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