The sexy woman and the smart girl: Embodied gender identity and middle-class adolescence

NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 78-88

  Oinas, Elina ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

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EID: 84973437651     PISSN: 08038740     EISSN: 1502394X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08038749850167789     Document Type: Article

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