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Perfectly Prep: Gender Extremes at a New England Prep School.

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Living in a senior boys' dorm at a co-ed school, Sarah Chase was able to witness the inner workings of student culture and power of individual agency. She examines the price of privilege and uncovers how student culture reflects and perpetuates society and institutional power structures and gen...

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Main Author: Chase, Sarah Alexander
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press USA, 2008.
Series:Child development in cultural context.
Subjects:
Sex differences in education > United States > Case studies.
Preparatory school students > United States > Social conditions > Case studies.
Multicultural education > United States > Case studies.
Preparatory schools > New England > Case studies.
Différences entre sexes en éducation > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Élèves des preparatory schools > États-Unis > Conditions sociales > Études de cas.
Éducation interculturelle > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Preparatory schools > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Études de cas.
EDUCATION > Secondary.
Multicultural education
Preparatory school students > Social conditions
Preparatory schools
Sex differences in education
New England
United States
Voortgezet onderwijs.
Sekseverschillen.
Intercultureel onderwijs.
New England (Verenigde Staten)
Geschlechterforschung
Preparatory school
Schüler
Neuengland
Electronic books.
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Living in a senior boys' dorm at a co-ed school, Sarah Chase was able to witness the inner workings of student culture and power of individual agency. She examines the price of privilege and uncovers how student culture reflects and perpetuates society and institutional power structures and gender ideologies.
Physical Description:1 online resource (350 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-340) and index.
ISBN:0198042183
9780198042181
1281529141
9781281529145
9780199894154
0199894159
9786611529147
6611529144
9780190294786
0190294787