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Exploring Masculinities in Education Through a Queer Lens

Queer Masculinities: A Critical Reader in Education. Edited by John C. Landreau and Nelson M. Rodriguez, New York, Springer, 2012. 315 pp. $139 (hardcover). ISBN-13: 978-94-007-2551-5

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Meyer, E.J. Exploring Masculinities in Education Through a Queer Lens. Sex Roles 71, 345–347 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-014-0391-7

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