Who are tomboys and how do we recognise them?

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 342-354

  Paechter, Carrie ^a   Clark, Sheryl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; PRIMARY EDUCATION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34447290450     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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