Orienting to the category “ordinary - but special” in an Australian-Italian courtship and marriage narrative

Narrative Inquiry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 191-218

  Johnson, Greer Cavallaro ^a   Paoletti, Isabella ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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EID: 26044469562     PISSN: 13876740     EISSN: 15699935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/ni.14.1.09cav     Document Type: Article

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