'They won't let us play... unless you're going out with one of them': Girls, boys and Butler's 'heterosexual matrix' in the primary years

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 489-509

  Renold, Emma ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33748656330     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: 14653346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425690600803111     Document Type: Review

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