Queer politics in schools: A Rancièrean reading

Educational Philosophy and Theory

Volumn 42, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 618-634

  Ruitenberg, Claudia W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distribution of the sensible; Judith Butler; Queer politics; Recognition; Visibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955128023     PISSN: 00131857     EISSN: 14695812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2010.00689.x     Document Type: Article

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