Accounting for divorce: Gender and uncoupling narratives

Qualitative Sociology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 331-349

  Walzer, Susan ^a   Oles, Thomas P ^b  

^a SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Accounts; Divorce; Narratives; Uncoupling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042786788     PISSN: 01620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024066209821     Document Type: Article

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