Consistency and change in the repeated narratives of Holocaust survivors

Narrative Inquiry

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 349-377

  Schiff, Brian ^a   Skillingstead, Heather ^a   Archibald, Olivia ^a   Arasim, Alex ^a   Peterson, Jenny ^a  

^a SAINT MARTIN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change; Consistency; Holocaust survivors; Identity; Remembering

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846441640     PISSN: 13876740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/ni.16.2.07sch     Document Type: Article

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