Narrative analysis - or why (and how) sociologists should be interested in narrative

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 24, Issue , 1998, Pages 517-554

  Franzosi, Roberto ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Discourse analysis; Language and class and gender; Narrative analysis; Role of reader; Science rhetoric

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032326988     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.24.1.517     Document Type: Article

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