Feminists re-reading Bourdieu:Old debates and new questions about gender habitus and gender change

Theory and Research in Education

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-30

  Mcleod, Julie ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; feminism; gender; habitus; social field; sociology of education

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247670304     PISSN: 14778785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477878505049832     Document Type: Article

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