She's from a 'good family': Performing childhood and motherhood in a Canadian private school setting

Childhood

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-192

  Caputo, Virginia ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood; Mother blame; Motherhood; Private education; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249665599     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: 14617013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568207078326     Document Type: Review

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