Telling stories of “queer white trash”: Race, class, and sexuality in the work of Dorothy Allison

White Trash: Race and Class in America

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 211-230

  Sandell, Jillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203700648-20     Document Type: Chapter

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