Education, culture and the construction of sexual identity: An APPRAISAL analysis of lesbian coming out narratives

Language, Sexualities and Desires: Cross-Cultural Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 140-164

  Sauntson, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84999342231     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230625136     Document Type: Chapter

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