Beauty that matters: Brazilian travesti sex workers feeling beautiful

Sociologus

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 73-96

  Vartabedian, Julieta ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS SOCIAIS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Beauty; Brazil; Empowerment; Transphobia; Travestis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964815838     PISSN: 00380377     EISSN: 18655106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3790/soc.66.1.73     Document Type: Article

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