The cool, the bad, the ugly, and the powerful: Identity struggles in schoolboy peer culture

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 887-901

  Govender, Kaymarlin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AIDS; Heterosexuality; Masculinities; Schooling; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MASCULINITY; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MASCULINITY; PEER GROUP; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS;

EID: 79960902567     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2011.586436     Document Type: Article

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