“A Detour in Longing”: Gender, Sexuality and Lesbian Desire in Carla Trujillo’s What Night Brings and Emma Pérez’s Gulf Dreams

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Main Author: Nathália Araújo Duarte Gouvêa
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2018-11-01
Series:Revista Estudos Feministas
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ref/article/view/58563