Role transitions, objects, and identity

Symbolic Interaction

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-20

  Silver, Ira ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030306184     PISSN: 01956086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/si.1996.19.1.1     Document Type: Article

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