Intersectionality, language and queer lives

Authors

  • John Gray UCL Institute of Education
  • Melanie Cooke King's College London

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/genl.37393

Keywords:

intersectionality, language, queer lives

Abstract

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Author Biographies

  • John Gray, UCL Institute of Education

    John Gray is reader in languages in education at UCL Institute of Education, University College London. He has published in Applied Linguistics, ELT Journal, Language and Intercultural Communication, Language Teaching Research and the Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. He is the author of The Construction of English: Culture, Consumerism and Promotion in the ELT Global Coursebook (2012) and the edited volume Critical Perspectives on Language Teaching Materials (2013), both published by Palgrave Macmillan. He is also co-author of Neoliberalism and Applied Linguistics (2012), published by Routledge and written with David Block and Marnie Holborow, and of Social Interaction and English Language Teacher Identity (2018), published by Edinburgh University Press and co-authored with Tom Morton. 

  • Melanie Cooke, King's College London

    Melanie Cooke is a senior teaching fellow in ESOL & applied linguistics at King's College, London. She has published in TESOL Quarterly, Language and Education, Linguistics and Education, Language Assessment Quarterly and the Journal of Language, Identity and Education. She is the co-author of ESOL: A Critical Guide (2008), published by Oxford University Press, written with James Simpson and of Brokering Britain, Educating Citizens: Exploring ESOL and Citizenship (forthcoming 2019), published by Multilingual Matters, co-authored with Rob Peutrell.

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Published

2018-12-05

How to Cite

Gray, J., & Cooke, M. (2018). Intersectionality, language and queer lives. Gender and Language, 12(4), 401-415. https://doi.org/10.1558/genl.37393