Deconstructing autobiographical accounts of childhood sexual abuse: Some critical reflections

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-90

  Crossley, Michele L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Narrative; Reflexivity; Social constructionism; Subjectivity; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034387819     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353500010001011     Document Type: Article

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