Bright and Beautiful: High achieving girls, ambivalent femininities, and the feminization of success in the primary school

Discourse

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 457-473

  Renold, Emma ^a,b   Allan, Alexandra ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33748663174     PISSN: 01596306     EISSN: 14693739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01596300600988606     Document Type: Review

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