A gay-themed lesson in an ethnic literature curriculum: Tenth graders' responses to "Dear Anita"

Harvard Educational Review

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 231-255

  Athanases, Steven Z ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030556137     PISSN: 00178055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17763/haer.66.2.q7450vp413tln38q     Document Type: Article

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