Culture, personhood and narrative: The problem of norms and agency

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 399-412

  Rasmussen, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept of person or self; Culture; Life history; Oral narrative and memory; Psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033269903     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X9954002     Document Type: Review

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