The laramie project as a homophobic disruption: How the play impacts pre-service teacher's preparation to create anti-homophobic schools

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 97-117

  Elsbree, Anne René ^a   Wong, Penelope ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disruption; Heteronormativity; Higher education; Homophobia; Pre service teachers; Queer pedagogy; Teacher education; Theatre performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749203015     PISSN: 15410889     EISSN: 15410870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J367v04n04_07     Document Type: Article

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