'They'd only call you a scally if you are poor': The impact of socio-economic status on children's identities

Children's Geographies

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 277-290

  Sutton, Liz ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Identity; Inequality; Place; Poor; Rich; Social difference; Socio economic difference

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957551443     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733280903024449     Document Type: Article

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