Cleavage in a tank top: Bodily prohibition and the discourses of school dress codes

Alberta Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 373-386

  Pomerantz, Shauna ^a,b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Child and Youth Studies ^*

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