Gendered communities of practice and the construction of masculinities in Turkish physical education

Gender and Education

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-72

  Atencio, Matthew ^a   Koca, Canan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Boys; Identities; Masculinities; Post structural theory; Social class; Social theory; Sports and PE

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650288002     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: 13600516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540250903519444     Document Type: Article

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