Narrating selfhood and personality in South Korea: Women and social mobility

American Ethnologist

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 786-811

  Abelmann, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Class; Gender; Narrative; Personality; Selfhood; Social mobility; South Korea

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031327890     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.1997.24.4.786     Document Type: Article

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