'To be, or not to be': Absurd and humoristic descriptions as a strategy to avoid idyllic life stories - Boys write about family life [1]

Gender and Education

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 469-479

  Halldén, Gunilla ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0039596580     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540259920528     Document Type: Article

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