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When I began researching material in literacy and gender several years ago (Booth, 2002), I was intrigued with the dozens of books and research articles documenting issues in male culture and in raising and schooling boys.
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Booth, D. (2013). Literacy Education and Gender. In: Kosnik, C., Rowsell, J., Williamson, P., Simon, R., Beck, C. (eds) Literacy Teacher Educators. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-200-6_3
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