Inner-city femininities and education: 'Race', class, gender and schooling in young women's lives

Gender and Education

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 549-568

  Archer, Louise ^a   Halsall, Anna ^b   Hollingworth, Sumi ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34548301311     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: 13600516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540250701535568     Document Type: Article

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