Boffin and geek identities: Abject or privileged?

Gender and Education

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-24

  Mendick, Heather ^a   Francis, Becky ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal Society of Arts   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

achievement; identities; popular culture; queer theory; sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858806620     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: 13600516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540253.2011.564575     Document Type: Article

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