‘It’s this pain in my heart that won’t let me stop’: Gendered affect, webs of relations, and young women’s activism

Feminist Theory

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 241-260

  Kennelly, Jacqueline ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activism; affect; Arendt; neoliberalism; reflexive modernisation; young women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911953439     PISSN: 14647001     EISSN: 17412773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464700114544611     Document Type: Article

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