The angel’s playground: Same-sex desires of physical education teachers

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-31

  Sykes, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lesbian teachers; Life history; Physical education; Psychoanalysis; Same sex desire; Transference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84967660043     PISSN: 15410889     EISSN: 15410870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J367v01n01_02     Document Type: Article

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