Provincetown queer: Paradoxes of ‘identity, space, and place’

Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 203-220

  Faiman Silva, Sandra L ^a  

^a BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gays and lesbians; Gender; Provincetown; Sexual citizenship; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008776239     PISSN: 14766825     EISSN: 17477654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14766820903267363     Document Type: Article

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