Re-queering queer youth development: A post-developmental approach to childhood and pedagogy

Journal of LGBT Youth

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 74-95

  Janssen, Diederik ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Childhood sexuality; Curriculum theory; Postdevelopmentalism; Queer pedagogy; Queer theory; Sexual development

Indexed keywords

EID: 59049092948     PISSN: 19361653     EISSN: 19361661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19361650802162326     Document Type: Article

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