Sex talk: Language, desire, identity and beyond

Language, Sexualities and Desires: Cross-Cultural Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 17-40

  Morrish, Liz ^a   Leap, William ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230625136     Document Type: Chapter

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