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Disturbing Masculinities

Epistemology, Outlaw Emotions, and the Gendered Self in Self-Study Research

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As well as motivating critical research, outlaw emotions may also enable us to perceive the world differently from its portrayal in conventional descriptions.They may provide the first indications that something is wrong with the way alleged facts have been construed, with accepted understandings of how things are.

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Kuzmic, J.J. (2014). Disturbing Masculinities. In: Taylor, M., Coia, L. (eds) Gender, Feminism, and Queer Theory in the Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices. Professional Learning. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-686-8_6

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