'I'm not a "maths-person"!' Reconstituting mathematical subjectivities in aesthetic teaching practices

Gender and Education

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 387-404

  Palmer, Anna ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Deconstruction; Gender; Mathematics; Memories; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449382689     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: 13600516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540250802467950     Document Type: Article

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