Hard lines and soft scenes: Constituting masculinities in the prospectuses of all-boys elite private schools

Australian Journal of Education

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-30

  Gottschall, Kristina ^a   Wardman, Natasha ^a   Edgeworth, Kathryn ^a   Hutchesson, Rachael ^a   Saltmarsh, Sue ^a,b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age differences; Educational marketing; Gender stereotypes; Masculinity; Organisational climate; Private education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953013341     PISSN: 00049441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000494411005400103     Document Type: Article

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