"I was my momma baby. I was my daddy gal": Strategic stories of succes

Narrative Inquiry

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 231-253

  Gubrium, Aline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

American Dream; Contrast structure; Gender socialization; Narrative analysis; Rural African American women; Social construction of identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846412232     PISSN: 13876740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/ni.16.2.02gub     Document Type: Article

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