Teen girls, working-class femininity and resistance: Retheorising fantasy and desire in educational contexts of heterosexualised violence

International Journal of Inclusive Education

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 461-477

  Ringrose, Jessica ^a   Renold, Emma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achievement; Butler, Deleuze and Guattari; Girlhood; Postfeminism; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 82255193202     PISSN: 13603116     EISSN: 14645173     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13603116.2011.555099     Document Type: Article

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