Un-believing the matrix: Queering consensual heteronormativity

Gender and Education

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-29

  Atkinson, Elizabeth ^a   DePalma, Renee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consent; Hegemony; Heterosexual matrix; Performative reinscription

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249084805     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: 13600516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540250802213149     Document Type: Article

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