Pageant princesses and math whizzes: Understanding children's activities as a form of children's work

Childhood

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-212

  Levey, Hilary ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

After school activities; Beauty pageants; Children's work; Kumon

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749102045     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: 14617013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568209104401     Document Type: Article

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