Playing the game and paying the price: Academic resilience among three high-achieving African American males

Anthropology and Education Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 250-264

  Gayles, Jonathan ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acadermc resilience; African American males; High school; Narrative analysis; School achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144499481     PISSN: 01617761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aeq.2005.36.3.250     Document Type: Article

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