Space invaders: Desire and threat in the schooling of girls

Discourse

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-63

  Foster, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 85001180488     PISSN: 01596306     EISSN: 14693739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0159630960170104     Document Type: Article

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