Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ593772
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Girl Stuff: Same-Sex Relations in Girls' Public Reform Schools and the Institutional Response.
Steet, Linda
Educational Studies: A Journal in the Foundations of Education, v29 n4 p341-58 Win 1998
Examines data on same-sex relations in girls' reform schools, noting the invisibility of gay and lesbian lives in most educational research. Discusses difficulties with terminology, institutional efforts to curb girls' relationships and sexual behavior, the girls' creation of an alternative family structure, love letters, and interracial relationships. Contains 20 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Institutions, Delinquency, Females, Homophobia, Institutional Schools, Lesbianism, Love, Peer Relationship, School Culture, Sexual Orientation, Single Sex Schools
AESA, Eastern Michigan University, 1215 Huron River Drive, Ypsilanti, MI 48197 (annual subscription: ind. $25.00, inst. $30.00, foreign add $5.00).
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Theme issue title: "Adolescence, Gender and Schooling."
