A “labor from the heart”: Lesbian magazines from 1947-1994

Journal of Lesbian Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 229-251

  Whitt, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative media; Lesbian gay periodicals; Media history; Print media history; Women s studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009592742     PISSN: 10894160     EISSN: 15403548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J155v05n01_15     Document Type: Article

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