Girls Run the World?: Caught between Sexism and Postfeminism in School

Gender and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 185-207

  Pomerantz, Shauna ^a   Raby, Rebecca ^a   Stefanik, Andrea ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

adolescence children; culture; education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875325048     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243212473199     Document Type: Article

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