How young schoolboys become somebody: The role of the body in the construction of masculinity

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 299-314

  Swain, Jon ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037704804     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425690301890     Document Type: Article

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