Contemporary Greek male homosexualities : Greek gay men's experiences of the family, the military and the LGBT movement

This thesis provides an ethnographic analysis of how Greek gay men experience the ways in which their sexuality is subject to ‘negotiation’ in the family and the military, how these ‘negotiations’ influence and sometimes even inhibit the creation of an LGBT movement. The experiences of my ethnograph...

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1. VerfasserIn: Dendrinos, Panayis (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2008
In:Jahr: 2008
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