Impressions of grandmother: An autoethnographic portrait

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 560-585

  Rambo, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoethnography; Deconstruction; Ethnography; Grandmothers; Identity; Layered account

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444620965     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241605279079     Document Type: Review

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