Doing Narrative Research: Analysing Personal Stories Line by Line

Qualitative Social Work

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-201

  Fraser, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

critical social work; interpretation; narrative analysis; social context; storytelling; subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844484269     PISSN: 14733250     EISSN: 17413117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1473325004043383     Document Type: Article

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