'Ye've got to 'ave balls to play this game sir!' Boys, peers and fears: The negative influence of school-based 'cultural accomplices' in constructing hegemonic masculinities

Gender and Education

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-198

  Smith, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33847675051     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: 13600516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540250601165995     Document Type: Review

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