'He was a bit of a delicate thing': White middle-class boys, gender, school choice and parental anxiety

Gender and Education

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 399-408

  Williams, Katya ^a   Jamieson, Fiona ^b   Hollingworth, Sumi ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Masculinities; School choice; Social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 46849094946     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: 13600516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540250802190230     Document Type: Conference Paper

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