Theorizing the complexities of discursive and material subjectivity: Agential realism and poststructural analyses

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 338-354

  Højgaard, Lis ^a   Søndergaard, Dorte Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

materiality; post structural theory; processes of becoming; subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958138012     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354309359965     Document Type: Article

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