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Un‐believing the matrix: queering consensual heteronormativity

Elizabeth Atkinson Department of Education, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK
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Renée DePalma Department of Education, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 17-29 | Published online: 03 Dec 2008

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