Men accessing higher education: Theorizing continuity and change in relation to masculine subjectivities

Higher Education Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-100

  Burke, Penny Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 61849138351     PISSN: 09528733     EISSN: 17403863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/hep.2008.24     Document Type: Conference Paper

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