Successful girls? Complicating post-feminist, neoliberal discourses of educational achievement and gender equality

Gender and Education

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 471-489

  Ringrose, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34547550151     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: 13600516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540250701442666     Document Type: Article

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