The politics of performative resignification: Translating Judith Butler's theoretical discourse and its potential for a sociology of education

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 439-457

  Hey, Valerie ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33748640193     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: 14653346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425690600802956     Document Type: Review

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