Speculative pragmatism and intimate arrangements: online hook-up devices in gay life

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 496-511

  Race, Kane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

gay men; hookups; internet; intimacy; new configurations

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL NETWORK;

HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 84937572764     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2014.930181     Document Type: Article

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