Queer[ing] Performativity, Queer[ing] Subversions: A Critique of Judith Butler’s Theory of Performativity
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عنوان ژورنال: Comparative Literature: East & West
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2572-3618
DOI: 10.1080/25723618.2014.12015486