Tomboys and 'female masculinity': (Dis)embodying hegemonic masculinity, queering gender identities and relations

The Problem with Boys' Education: Beyond the Backlash

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 224-241

  Renold, Emma ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203877715     Document Type: Chapter

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