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Congruent and Discordant Habitus. / Ingram, Nicola.
Working-Class Boys and Educational Success: Teenage Identities, Masculinities and Urban Schooling. ed. / Nicola Ingram. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. p. 135-168 (Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education).

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Ingram, N 2018, Congruent and Discordant Habitus. in N Ingram (ed.), Working-Class Boys and Educational Success: Teenage Identities, Masculinities and Urban Schooling. Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education, Palgrave Macmillan, London, pp. 135-168. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-40159-5_6

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Ingram, N. (2018). Congruent and Discordant Habitus. In N. Ingram (Ed.), Working-Class Boys and Educational Success: Teenage Identities, Masculinities and Urban Schooling (pp. 135-168). (Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-40159-5_6

Vancouver

Ingram N. Congruent and Discordant Habitus. In Ingram N, editor, Working-Class Boys and Educational Success: Teenage Identities, Masculinities and Urban Schooling. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 2018. p. 135-168. (Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education). doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-40159-5_6

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Ingram, Nicola. / Congruent and Discordant Habitus. Working-Class Boys and Educational Success: Teenage Identities, Masculinities and Urban Schooling. editor / Nicola Ingram. London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. pp. 135-168 (Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education).

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