The implications of psychoanalysis for qualitative methodology: The case of interviews and narrative data analysis

Professional Geographer

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 537-546

  Thomas, Mary E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Psychoanalysis; Qualitative methodology; Subjectivity; Unconscious

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL THOUGHT; METHODOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 35348995504     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9272.2007.00640.x     Document Type: Article

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