Acting, accidents and performativity: Challenging the hegemonic good student in secondary schools

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 413-430

  Thompson, Greg ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Good students; Performativity; Secondary schools; Student subjectivities

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954184948     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: 14653346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425692.2010.484919     Document Type: Article

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