‘I am the Prince of Pain, for I am a Princess in the Brain’: Liminal Transgender Identities, Narratives and the Elimination of Ambiguities

Sexualities

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 425-448

  Wilson, Mandy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

ambiguity; liminality; transgender; transsexual; normalcy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993736065     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460702005004003     Document Type: Article

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