A Bit too Skinny for Me: Women's Homosocial Constructions of Heterosexual Desire in Online Dating

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A Bit too Skinny for Me : Women's Homosocial Constructions of Heterosexual Desire in Online Dating. / Mortensen, Kristine Køhler.

Queering Language, Gender and Sexuality. red. / Tommaso M. Milani. Sheffield : Equinox Publishing, 2018. s. 199-222.

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

Harvard

Mortensen, KK 2018, A Bit too Skinny for Me: Women's Homosocial Constructions of Heterosexual Desire in Online Dating. i TM Milani (red.), Queering Language, Gender and Sexuality. Equinox Publishing, Sheffield, s. 199-222.

APA

Mortensen, K. K. (2018). A Bit too Skinny for Me: Women's Homosocial Constructions of Heterosexual Desire in Online Dating. I T. M. Milani (red.), Queering Language, Gender and Sexuality (s. 199-222). Equinox Publishing.

Vancouver

Mortensen KK. A Bit too Skinny for Me: Women's Homosocial Constructions of Heterosexual Desire in Online Dating. I Milani TM, red., Queering Language, Gender and Sexuality. Sheffield: Equinox Publishing. 2018. s. 199-222

Author

Mortensen, Kristine Køhler. / A Bit too Skinny for Me : Women's Homosocial Constructions of Heterosexual Desire in Online Dating. Queering Language, Gender and Sexuality. red. / Tommaso M. Milani. Sheffield : Equinox Publishing, 2018. s. 199-222

Bibtex

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