(Con)Tested identities: Bisexual women reorient sexuality

Bisexual Women in the Twenty-First Century

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 23-52

  Bower, Jo ^d   Gurevich, Maria ^a,b   Mathieson, Cynthia ^c  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Bisexuality; Community; Discourse; Female sexuality; Identity politics; Monosexism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85069899999     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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