Adventure as character work: The collective taming of fear

Symbolic Interaction

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 343-363

  Holyfield, Lori ^a   Fine, Gary Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031501087     PISSN: 01956086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/si.1997.20.4.343     Document Type: Article

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