Escaping heteronormative bondage: Sexuality in citizenship

(Un)thinking Citizenship: Feminist Debates in Contemporary South Africa

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 223-252

  Van Zyl, Mikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315264172-23     Document Type: Chapter

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