Violence, Katrina, and the Biopolitics of Disposability

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 305-309

  Giroux, Henry A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

biopolitics; disposability; race; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992827638     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/02632764070240072510     Document Type: Article

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