Normative cruelties and gender deviants: The performative effects of bully discourses for girls and boys in school

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 573-596

  Ringrose, Jessica ^a   Renold, Emma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77954594817     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: 14693518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411920903018117     Document Type: Article

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