Dragging Drag: The Performance of Gender and Sexuality in the Cook Islands

Australian Journal of Anthropology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 297-307

  Alexeyeff, Kalissa ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84937330909     PISSN: 10358811     EISSN: 17576547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-9310.2000.tb00045.x     Document Type: Article

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