Constructing the service-worthy homeless through narrative editing

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 615-651

  Marvasti, Amir B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036392973     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089124102236544     Document Type: Article

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