Patterns in the telling: Single women's intimate relationships with men

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Reynolds, Jill ^a  

^a The Open University

Author keywords

Discursive; Identity; Narrative; Relationships; Single Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749655406     PISSN: 13607804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.1381     Document Type: Review

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