One body and two heads: Girls exploring their bicultural identities through text

English in Education

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 5-21

  Jones, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bicultural; Bilingual; Girls; Identity; Literacy practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959213274     PISSN: 04250494     EISSN: 17548845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-8845.2006.tb00788.x     Document Type: Article

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