Virtual Ethnography: Using the Internet to Study Gay Culture in Japan

Sexualities

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 387-406

  Mclelland, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

gay men; globalization; internet; Japan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993740493     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460702005004001     Document Type: Article

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