Girls' portraits of desire: Picturing a missing discourse

Gender and Education

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 295-310

  Allen, Louisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Australasia and the Pacific Rim; femininities; heterosexualities; post structural theory; secondary education; sexualities education; sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878800248     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: 13600516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540253.2012.752795     Document Type: Article

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