Working-class boys, educational success and the misrecognition of working-class culture

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 421-434

  Ingram, Nicola ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural misrecognition; Educational achievement; Institutional habitus; Working class

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449501089     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: 14653346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425690902954604     Document Type: Article

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