Agency in action - young women and their sexual relationships in a private school

Gender and Education

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 327-343

  Maxwell, Claire ^a   Aggleton, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency; Emotion; Femininities; Gender; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951811972     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: 13600516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540250903341120     Document Type: Article

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