Writing trash: Truth and the sexual outlaw’s reinvention of lesbian identity

Feminist Theory

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 151-172

  Kennedy, Kathleen ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorothy Allison; Pat Califia; sadomasochism; sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993746171     PISSN: 14647001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14647000022229137     Document Type: Article

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