Watching the backlash: The problematisation of young women's academic success in 1990s Britain

Discourse

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 249-266

  Heath, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85015116319     PISSN: 01596306     EISSN: 14693739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0159630990200205     Document Type: Article

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