'Pleasure has no passport': Re-visiting the potential of pleasure in sexuality education

Sex Education

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 455-468

  Allen, Louisa ^a   Carmody, Moira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

education; ethical erotics; Foucault; pleasure; sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864660422     PISSN: 14681811     EISSN: 14720825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14681811.2012.677208     Document Type: Article

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