Parents’ construction of their children as gendered, literate subjects: A critical discourse analysis

Journal of Early Childhood Literacy

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 123-144

  Nichols, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

boys; discourse; gender; girls; literacy; parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993728940     PISSN: 14687984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14687984020022001     Document Type: Article

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