Coming out within transnational families: intimate confessions under Western eyes.
This article is about ‘coming out’ and the process of disclosure of queer migrants within their transnational families. Despite debates about the decreasing relevance of coming out in contemporary western societies, we argue that the process of coming out continues to be a central mode of belonging...
| Publicado en: | Social Identities Vol. 24; no. 6; pp. 836 - 852 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Nov2018
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