Lifting the hood: Lifelong learning and young, white, provincial working-class masculinities

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 735-750

  Quinn, Jocey ^a   Thomas, Liz ^b   Slack, Kim ^c   Casey, Lorraine ^c   Thexton, Wayne ^c   Noble, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY   (United Kingdom)

^c STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33748534098     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: 14693518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411920600895767     Document Type: Review

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