Class, gender, (hetero)sexuality and schooling: Paradoxes within working-class girls' engagement with education and post-16 aspirations

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-180

  Archer, Louise ^a   Halsall, Anna ^b   Hollingworth, Sumi ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34247116855     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: 14653346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425690701192570     Document Type: Article

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