Working-class lesbian parents' emotional engagement with their children's education: Intersections of class and sexuality

Sexualities

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-99

  Nixon, Catherine Ann ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

educational involvement; emotional capital; sexuality; working class lesbian parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751497874     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460710390564     Document Type: Article

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