Girls Behaving Badly? Race, Gender, and Subjective Evaluation in the Discipline of African American Girls

Sociology of Education

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 127-148

  Morris, Edward W ^a   Perry, Brea L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American girls; gender; intersectionality; race; school discipline

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018746031     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: 19398573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038040717694876     Document Type: Article

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