Romance and friendship in pre-teen stones about conflicts: 'We decided that boys are not worth it'

Discourse and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 673-689

  Walton, Marsha D ^a   Weatherall, Ann ^b   Jackson, Sue ^b  

^a RHODES COLLEGE   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Gender; Narrative; Pre adolescence; Romance; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037790652     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926502013005279     Document Type: Review

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