'I was the special ed. girl': Urban working-class young women of colour

Gender and Education

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-121

  Ferri, Beth A ^a   Connor, David J ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Class; Disability; Disability studies; Gender; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649124384     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: 13600516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540250802612688     Document Type: Article

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