'I'm very careful about that': Narrative and agency of men in prison

Discourse and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 473-502

  McKendy, John P ^a,b,c  

^a St Thomas University   (Canada)

^b Thomas University   (Canada)

^c ST THOMAS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discourse; Narrative; Prisoners; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745316054     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: 14603624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926506063128     Document Type: Article

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