Ageing and imagined community: Some cultural constructions and reconstructions

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Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 27-37

  Conway, Stephen ^a  

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Author keywords

Autobiography; Beliefs; Images Of Ageing; Imagined Community; Vocabulary Of Motive

Indexed keywords

EID: 18444374714     PISSN: 13607804     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.788     Document Type: Article

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