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School toilets: queer, disabled bodies and gendered lessons of embodiment

Jenny Slater, Charlotte Jones Orcid Logo, Lisa Procter

Gender and Education, Volume: 30, Issue: 8, Pages: 951 - 965

Swansea University Author: Charlotte Jones Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/09540253.2016.1270421

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In this paper we argue that school toilets function as one civilising site [Elias, 1978. The Civilising Process. Oxford: Blackwell] in which children learn that disabled and queer bodies are out of place. This paper is the first to offer queer and crip perspectives on school toilets. The small body...

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ISSN: 0954-0253 1360-0516
Published: Informa UK Limited 2018
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