“Because nobody likes Chinese girls”: Intersecting identities and emotional experiences of subordination and resistance in school life

Childhood

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 300-315

  Haavind, Hanne ^a   Thorne, Barrie ^b   Hollway, Wendy ^c   Magnusson, Eva ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Categories of identity; children and youth; emotional experience; focus group; gender; intersectionality; racial ethnic categories; school life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939237280     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: 14617013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568214549080     Document Type: Article

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