Applying queer theory in practice with college students: Transformation of a researcher's and participant's perspectives on identity, A case study

Journal of LGBT Youth

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-77

  Abes, Elisa S ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual; Constructivism; Ethnicity; Fetish; Gender; Gender identity; Latina college students; Lesbian; Performativity; Queer pedagogy; Queer theory; Sexual identity; Student affairs

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649971903     PISSN: 19361653     EISSN: 19361661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J524v05n01_06     Document Type: Article

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