Boys don't write romance: The construcion of knowledge and social gender identities in english classrooms

Pedagogy, Culture and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-111

  Ivinson, Gabrielle ^a   Murphy, Patricia ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85009601835     PISSN: 14681366     EISSN: 17475104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14681360300200162     Document Type: Article

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