Legitimizing Black academic failure: Deconstructing staff discourses on academic success, appearance and behaviour

International Studies in Sociology of Education

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 275-287

  Rollock, Nicola ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34548031420     PISSN: 09620214     EISSN: 17475066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09620210701543924     Document Type: Article

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