Making meaning of everyday practices: Parents' attitudes toward children's extracurricular activities in the United States and in Italy

Anthropology and Education Quarterly

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-54

  Kremer Sadlik, Tamar ^a   Izquierdo, Carolina ^b   Fatigante, Marilena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Università di Roma ^*

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EID: 77953893018     PISSN: 01617761     EISSN: 15481492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1492.2010.01066.x     Document Type: Article

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